The Floating Men - A tall stand of pines

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^F#m Lost my way gr^Emajaduation day ^D One sunny morning, one spectacular May I got ^F#mfar too charming on ^Emajchardonnay And I ^Dwoke up naked out on Biscayne Bay Now^F#m I know the night like the ^Emajback of my day But I'm^D having a hard time finding my way ^F#mHaving one hell of a time f^Emajinding my way Back to a ^Dtall stand of pines.

I shack^F#med up with dame with the ^Emajsun in her mane ^DVelvet loins and a funny last name I had no w^F#may of knowing why she wa^Emajs going insane Til the l^Daw caught her D-E-A-ling cocaine You hav^F#me no idea how ^Emajmuch that explains But it'^Ds safe to say I lost more than a day Just an^F#mother wrong turn on a ^Emajlong way around To the ^Dpines...

Pardon ^Amajme handsome str^Danger Do you ha^Emajppen to know the time I can't ^F#mfind a trace of ^Dnineteen eighty-^Emajeight or eighty-nine If you ^Asee the ghost of ^Dmy daredevil youth g^Emajo racing by flag hi^F#mm down and let him know^D that I'^Emajve been running a good ways behind And he can ^F#mwait for me In the ^Dshade of a ^Emajtall stand of ^F#mpines Emaj D quickly(F#m F#m Emaj) A tall stand of pines .....

I fell ^F#munder the spell of a pans^Emajexual belle With one ^Dbare foot in heaven and one high heel in hell She caught^F#m onto my fears with her ^Emajkeen sense of smell Man, if h^Dandcuffs could talk all the tales they could tell Somehow^F#m I clawed my way up the^Emaj walls of her well Then I ^Dshook off the moss and saw how far I fell Another^F#m bombshell successfully rep^Emajelled on the way to the ^Dpines...

Pardon ^Amajme handsome str^Danger Do you ha^Emajppen to know the time I can't ^F#mfind a trace of ^Dnineteen eighty-^Emajeight or eighty-nine If you ^Asee the ghost of ^Dmy daredevil youth g^Emajo racing by flag hi^F#mm down and let him know^D that I'^Emajve been running a good ways behind And he can ^F#mwait for me If the ^Dshade of a ^Emajtall stand of ^F#mpines Emaj D quickly(F#m F#m Emaj) A tall stand of pines.....

Now I'v^F#me sailed in the keys and ^EmajI've scaled the Cascades And I've ^Dstared down a gator in the Florida 'glades I just ^F#mwinked and I waved and I w^Emajaited away To go cha^Dsin tornados in the panhandle plains I've been ^F#mmouthed in Manhattan, I've been ^Emajlipped in LA I've been ^Dfingered in 'Frisco and I'm not even gay I got h^F#migh in the john at the ^Emajwhite house one day Then I ^Dpicked up a page and I got my ass laid No I ^F#mcan't take away the mis^Emajtakes that I've made But it's ^Dbeen a sweet ride... ^F#mLost on a long way ^Emajaround To a ^Dtall stand of pines...

Pardon ^Amajme handsome str^Danger Do you ha^Emajppen to know the time I can't ^F#mfind a trace of ^Dnineteen eighty-^Emajeight or eighty-nine If you ^Asee the ghost of ^Dmy daredevil youth g^Emajo racing by flag hi^F#mm down and let him know^D that I'^Emajve been running a good ways behind And he can ^F#mwait for me If the ^Dshade of a ^Emajtall stand of ^Apines He can wai^F#mt for me In the ^Dshade of a ^Emajtall stand of ^F#mpines Emaj D quickly(F#m F#m Emaj) A tall stand of pines...A tall...Stand of pines