Henry Jamison - In march

^EWe met at the g^Aas station and ^Ewandered ^Around all d^Eay ^EThen we went home and ^ESat sad-eyed ^Ain the darkness and^E played ^AGT^EA ^AAnd the people all were ^F#msimulacrum Just ^Bwaiting to be slain So ^EI took the Black Hawk ^Ahelicopter And ^Ewatched the ^Asun set over^E San Andreas

If ^AI'd only known When I was^B seventeen Oh ^Awhat that ^Egesture ^Aseems to ^Emean ^AThat the world is full Of ^Bshimmering fish, and ^Abulls and ^F#mhoney and ^Erain

^DIn marched your father with his ^Emgolden arm With his ^Cshirt undone And his ^Dheart undone he said "^Emson" And you ^Cmoved your thumb Got out of the car and un^Dloaded your gun Oh ^G(7)Tom, you were a ^Amlonely one In the ^Gbasement room That your ^Emdad blew ^Dthrough Oh ^BmTom

Your ^Emother brought us ^ACoca-Cola And ^Eso we ^Apaused the ^Egame

^EYour character was i^An mid-air With an e^Expression ^Aclose to ^Eshame And then he ^Afell upon a ^F#mwoman who Ap^Bpeared to mouth your name And ^Eyou got in the ^Anearest car And ^Elit right ^Aout for the ^Eequator

If ^AI'd only known When I was^B seventeen Oh ^Awhat that ^Egesture ^Aseems to ^Emean ^AThat the world is full Of ^Bshimmering fish, and ^Abulls and ^F#mhoney and ^Erain

^DIn marched your father with his ^Emgolden arm With his ^Cshirt undone And his ^Dheart undone he said "^Emson" And you ^Cmoved your thumb Got out of the car and un^Dloaded your gun Oh ^G(7)Tom, you were a ^Amlonely one In the ^Gbasement room That your ^Emdad blew ^Dthrough Oh ^BmTom

^DIn March the crocuses were ^Emall in bloom And we got ^Coff of the couch And walked ^Dout of your room I said ^Em"Tom, you see it's ^Ctrue You love the w^Dorld and the world