Greyhound Chords by Harry Chapin

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It's midnight at [Abm] the _ _ [Em] depot and I drag my [A] bags in line _
[E] _ _ Traveling [D] light I got to [A] go but the bus won't [B] be on time _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] Everybody's looking half [A] alive
_ _ [Gbm] Later _ _ _ [E] _ on
[A] the [B] bus _ arrives _ _ _ _
They punch my ticket [Abm] and to find a seat [E] and we move out last [A] nights _ _
[E] Come on driver, [D] where's your heat?
[A] It's cold out in the [B] night _
[Abm] Keep telling to [Ebm] myself that I don't [A] care
_ _ [Gbm] Come _ _ [E] _ tomorrow
_ [A] _ _ I'll [B] be there
_ _ Take _
[Abm] the _ greyhound
_ It's [E] a _ dog [Gb] of a way to get [Ebm] _ _ around _ _
[Dbm] Take the _ [Abm] greyhound _ _
[Dbm] It's a dog on [A] easy way
To get [B] you down
_ I'm _ _ _ tired of watching [Abm] this night go by [E] so I look across [A] the aisle _
[E] The windows _ [D] frosted I can't sleep [A] but the girl returns [B] my smile
_ [Ab] She reminds me of [Ebm] someone I know [Eb] back _ [Gbm] home _ _
_ _ [E] So it does
[A] _ _
_ So it [B] goes _ _
When you take [Abm] _ _ greyhound
_ _ [E] It's a dog of [Ebm] a [Gb] way to [Ebm] get _ around
_ _ _ [E] Take the _ _
_ [Abm] greyhound
_ [Dbm] It's a dog on easy [A] way
To [B] get you down
_ _ _ _ _ I'm wrinkled on my [Abm] stool
_ [E] at the [A] rest _ are
[E] _ _ _ _
_ Waitress being [D] cozy with [A] a _ high
[B] wake _ up
_ _ _ [Abm] _ Coffee's tasting [Ebm] tight
_ [Abm] My eyes roll over dead
_ _ _ Got to go [Eb] [Ebm] outside and [Dbm] get the gas out [Gbm] of my _ _ [Gb] head _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Dbm] The _ [B] end
_ _ You _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Dbm] _ _ _
[Bm] _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [Bb] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [E]
got [B] _ me driving
_ [E] _ _
_ I'm on this way.
I'm gonna say you're [Bm]
driving
_ _ But _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
there's nothing _ [B] _ No _ _ _ Ground _ _ And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ down _ _
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ Take
[A] Yeah _ _ _ _ [Bm] Whoa _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ That's the way the Lord's our [G] highest
I should have realized _
That all my life's a ride
[E] It's time to find a happy time
And make myself a friend
When [G] you know there ain't no rainbows
[Gb] When, when this day
_ _ _ Whoa _ _ _ [B]-oh-oh-oh
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Steppin' [Abm] off of this dirty bus
[Em] First time I've [A] understood _ _ _
[E] _ Got to be [Gbm] the goin' _
[A] Not the gettin' there [B] That's good _
_ [Abm] _ That's [B] a thought for [Ebm] _
keepin' if [A] I could
_ [Gbm] It's _
_ _ _ [Em] got to be [Dbm] the goin'
_ [Gbm] Not [Gb] the gettin' _ there _ _ That's [B] _ good _
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