CEm
Let the night air cool you off.
CEm
Tilt your head back and try to cough.
DAm
Don't say nothing 'bout the things you never saw.
CEm
Let the night air cool you off.
CEm
I ain't living like I should.
CEmA little rest might do me good.
DAm
Got to sinking in the place where I once stood.
CEm
Now I ain't living like I should.
DCBEm
Can you hear that singing? Sounds like gold.
DCBEm
Maybe I can only hear it in my head.
DCBEm
Fifteen years ago we owned that road
AC
now it's rolling over us instead.
Em
Richard Manuel is dead.
CEm
God forbid you call their bluff.
CEm
Like the nightmares ain't enough.
DAm
Remember when we used to think that we were tough?
CEm
God forbid you call their bluff.
CEm
First they make you out to be
CEm
the only pirate on the sea.
DAm
Then they say Danko would have sounded just like me.
CEm
"Is that the man you want to be?"
DCBEm
Can you hear that song? It sounds like gold.
DCBEm
Maybe I could make it bigger overseas.
DCBEm
Fifteen years ago we owned this road
AC
now it only gives us somewhere else to leave.
Em
Something else you can't believe.
DCBEm
Can you hear that singing? Sounds like gold.
DCBEm
Maybe I can hear poor Richard from the grave
DCBEm
singin' where to reap and when to sow
AC
when you've found another home you have to leave.
Em
Something else you can't believe
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.