I was ^Bmlonging to be w^Dooed I was ^Gready to be ^Bmhumbled by the w^Gords that you had ^Bmwritten by the ^Asyllables you ^Gmumbled m D yeah, I was ready in my heart to h^Gave my heart in^Bmvaded by the f^Gervour of your p^Bmassion yes, I ^A came to be per^Gsuaded

But when I h^Bmeard your ragged v^Doice something s^Gwitched in my per^Bmception and I k^Gnew I was the ^Bmvictim of a ^Abeautiful dec^Geption all my o^Bmnce exact bel^Diefs like t^Gangled threads unr^Bmavelled I walked out, ^Gstunned and libe^Bmrated a^And so began my t^Gravels

Keep the r^Giver on your r^Dight and the h^Aighway at your s^Bmhoulder and the f^Gront line in your si^Dghts, pion^Aeer Keep your ^Geye on the r^Bmoad r^Aemember what you t^Bmold her this is all in c^Gode,^Em my d^Bmear

You better g^Bmet yourself a c^Doat said the h^Gandsome taxi d^Bmriver and he s^Gighed like seven b^Bmridges like a n^Aatural-born sur^Gvivor as we d^Bmrove into the n^Dight I could f^Geel the forest j^Bmangling all the c^Ghoices laid be^Bmfore me and their c^Aonsequences ^Gdangling ^D

We came u^Bmpon a stricken s^Dhip that ^Gmust have once been s^Bmplendid t^Ghe captain as he d^Bmied said “Boys, ou^Ar revels now ar^Ge ended” I heard a w^Bmild holy ba^Dnd playing j^Gazz that was out^Bmrageous, that rec^Galled the days of ^Bmrapture when our l^Aove was still young and con^Gtagious

Keep the r^Giver on your r^Dight and the h^Aighway at your s^Bmhoulder and the f^Gront line in your si^Dghts, pion^Aeer Keep your ^Geye on the r^Bmoad r^Aemember what you t^Bmold her this is all in c^Gode,^Em my d^Bmear

In a ^Bmdim-lit motel r^Doom two sad l^Govers were dis^Bmcoursing on the d^Gignity of ^Bmexile and the m^Aerits of div^Gorcing she said ?^Bm??all certainty is^D gone” but he l^Geapt up, still de^Bmnying, cried “I^G won’t believe t^Bmhe flame I lit is d^Aead or even ^Gdying”

S^Ghe left ^Bmhim drooling in the d^Dust and with r^Gucksack packed be^Bmgun her ^Gbitter journey to the ^Bmborder which is w^Ahere I wooed and ^Gwon her she was A^Bmphrodite, H^Delen, Thetis, ^GEve among the ^Bmsatyrs She was V^Genus in a v-neck s^Bmweater she was a^All that ever ^Gmattered

Keep the r^Giver on your r^Dight and the h^Aighway at your s^Bmhoulder and the f^Gront line in your si^Dghts, pion^Aeer Keep your ^Geye on the r^Bmoad r^Aemember what you t^Bmold her this is all in c^Gode,^Em my d^Bmear

Like ^BmDean Moriarty’s^D ghost I came in q^Guest of secret k^Bmnowledge in the w^Ginter of my j^Bmourney to a cr^Aumbling Druid c^Gollege there I r^Bmead the books of l^Dore and c^Gontemplated in s^Bmeclusion but I t^Gook my leave em^Bmbittered, st^Aill in love with my il^Glusions

^GIn the d^Bmrizzling Irish r^Dain as a t^Gender dawn was b^Bmreaking in a d^Goorway I stood s^Bmpellbound by the a^Ancient music they were m^Gaking I took my b^Bmreakfast with the G^Dods on a bl^Gushing summer m^Bmorning till a w^Gind blew them all a^Bmway I had m^Aisread every w^Garning

Keep the r^Giver on your r^Dight and the h^Aighway at your s^Bmhoulder and the f^Gront line in your si^Dghts, pion^Aeer Keep your ^Geye on the r^Bmoad r^Aemember what you t^Bmold her this is all in c^Gode,^Em my d^Bmear

Under c^Bmold electric l^Dight I w^Gatch the scenes mu^Bmtating like an ^Gold time frontier ^Bmballad or a c^Aarousel ro^Gtating As if in a ^Bmmoment from a f^Dilm w^Gith astonishing pre^Bmcision the c^Gamera zooms in c^Bmlose and a f^Aigure comes into ^Gvision

I’m in ^BmTokyo, it??^D?s dawn and it’^Gs raining hal^Bmlelujahs down the b^Gright-lit neon ^Bmcanyons along the s^Aidewalks of Shi^Gbuya I’m^Bm trying to take a ^Dstance and r^Gise above my contra^Bmdictions but I’m^G just a bunch of words in^Bm pants and m^Aost of those are f^Giction

Keep the r^Giver on your r^Dight and the h^Aighway at your s^Bmhoulder and the f^Gront line in your si^Dghts, pion^Aeer Keep your ^Geye on the r^Bmoad r^Aemember what you t^Bmold her this is all in c^Gode,^Em my d^Bmear

The Waterboys - Long strange golden road