Capo: 3 Tuning: E A D G B E

[Verse]

^AmJoey was a man from the other side ^GCame across the sea for a better life ^FWhen he got close they made him change his ^Ename

^AmPush along a cart through the market place ^GKeep it in your heart when you're getting spades ^FBut that was so many years ^Eago

[Pre-Chorus]

^CI lived in many places, ^FI've fallen out of graces ^CI tried to feed the fire for so ^Glong

[Chorus]

^CHey man, where you going ^FUp town the river's rolling ^CThe sun comes, ^GI'll be on my ^Cway

[Verse]

^AmA Nietzsche mustache and a peasant's hat ^GFive hungry kids in a water flat ^FMaybe I'll make a little more ^Etoday

^AmA new world dream and some old school pride ^GHe couldn't make a meet so he took his life ^CI saw a photograph and made memories in my ^Emind

[Pre-Chorus]

^CI've fallen out of graces, ^FI've ran so many races ^CI tried to breathe the fire for so ^Glong

[Chorus]

^CHey man, where you going ^FUp town the river's rolling ^CThe sun comes, ^GI'll be on my ^Cway

C F C G C F C G [Verse]

^CWell he was on the blacklist in '53 ^FAnd he talked about the conspiracy ^AmHe said the next war is gonna blow us all ^Gaway

^CI played in churches and I prayed in bars ^FA young kid with a sad guitar ^AmTo get close I had to go far ^Gaway

^CWell I became a drifter ^FSent postcards to my sister ^AmAnd I can hear her smile even when I'm far ^Gaway

[Chorus]

^CHey man, where you going ^FUp town the river's rolling ^CThe sun comes, ^GI'll be on my ^Cway

[Verse]

^CWell I drank with kings and danced with whores ^FOn mountain tops and distant shores ^AmBut you made me feel like someone I wished to ^Gbe

^CI tried to wear my father's clothes ^FI planted seeds that didn't grow ^AmWith a handful of thorns I thought that I was ^Gfree

^CWorked in a bank, drove a diesel van ^FEven Sonny Wortzik had a plan ^AmDo your time and get out of ^Gsociety

[Chorus]

^CHey man, where you going ^FUp town the river's rolling ^CThe sun comes, ^GI'll be on my ^Cway

[Verse]

^CNow you're sitting in an office, you've never seen the world ^FGonna blame it on the government or a girl ^AmBut there's somewhere else you know you'd rather ^Gbe

^CScratching off the numbers in a liquor store ^FDreaming of picking up a '44 ^AmTell me more about your ^Gfantasy

[Chorus]

^CHey man, where you going ^FUp town the river's rolling ^CThe sun comes, ^GI'll be on my ^Cway

C F C G C F C G [Verse]

^CFrom Spanish Harlem to Ditmas Park ^FA lonely game of court and spark ^AmI wrote a song, I figured it's the only ^Gway

^CAnd the girls from school all married stiffs ^FWith a flat screen and couple kids ^AmAnd they say a prayer in their own little ^Gway

^CWell a friend of mine became a priest ^FAnd we lost another in the Middle East ^AmWell, you know it's dark when atheists start to ^Gpray

[Chorus]

^CHey man, where you going ^FUp town the river's rolling ^CThe sun comes, ^GI'll be on my ^Cway

[Verse]

^CBoxes in the corner neatly stacked ^FParts of me, paper and wax ^AmFor a headline day to ride in that ^GCadillac

^CAnd when it's over and I've had my fill ^FThey're gonna put my body up on Cypress Hill ^AmNear Houdini for the final disappearing ^Gact

[Chorus]

^CHey man, where you going ^FUp town the river's rolling ^CThe sun comes, ^GI'll be on my ^Cway

^CHey man, whatcha doing ^FAll along the road to ruin ^CYou know it's dark when ^GAtheists start to ^Gpray

[Verse]

^FFrom the fox ^Choles to the ^Gquarter ^CGot your ^Fmojo ^Cworkin' ^GOr whatever you ^Cbelieve in^F, all your ^Cvoodoo ^GWell, the river runs ^Cdeep and the ^Friver runs ^Cwide

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Jesse Malin - You know its dark when atheists start to pray