Greyhound Chords by Harry Chapin

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It's midnight at [Am] the depot [Fm] and I drag my [Bb] bags in line _ _
[Fm] _ _ Traveling light [Eb] I got to go [Bb] but the bus won't be [C] on time _
[Am] _ _ _ [Em] Everybody's looking half [Bb] alive
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Later [Fm] on
_ [Bb] the [C] bus _ arrives _ _ _ _
They punch my ticket [Am] and to find a seat [F] and we move out last [Bb] nights _ _ _
[F] Come on driver.
[Eb] Where's your heat?
[Bb] It's cold out in the [C] night _
[Am] Keep telling to _ [Em] myself that I [Bb] don't care _ _ [Gm] _ _ Come [F] _ tomorrow
_ [Bb] _ _ I'll be [C] there
_ _ _ Take [Am] the _ greyhound
_ _ It's [F] a _ dog of a [G] way _ to get _ [Em] around _ _ _
[F] Take the _ [Am] greyhound _ _
It's [Dm] a dog on [Bb] easy way _ to get [C] you down
_ I'm _ _ _ tired of watching [Am] this night.
Goodbye.
[F] So I look across the [Bb] aisle _
The [F] windows _ [Eb] frosted I can't sleep [Bb] but the girl returns [C] my smile
_ She [Am] reminds me of [Em] someone I know back [Bb] _ home
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_ _ [F] So what do
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_ So it [C] goes _ _
When you take [Am] _ _ greyhound
_ _ It's [F] a _ dog [G] of a way to get [Em] _ _
around
_ _ [B] Take the [F] _ _
[Am] greyhound
_ _ [Dm] It's a dog on [Bb] easy way
_ To get [C] you down.
_ _ _ _ I
wrinkled on [Am] my stool
_ [F] at the [Bb] rest
_ _ _ _ Waitress [F] _ _ being [Eb] cozy _ [Bb] with a _ high
[C] wake _ _ up
_ _ [Am] _ Coffee's [Em] tasting tight
_ _ [Am] My eyes roll over dead
_ Got to go [E] outside [Em] [Dm] and get the gas out of [Gm] my [G] head _ _ _
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The _ [C] end
_ _ You _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Cm] _ [Dm] _ _
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_ _ [C] got me driving _ [F] _
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I'm honest
_ _ But [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ there's _ _ _ _ _ _ _ nothing _ _ [C] No
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_ _ And
I _ _ _
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_ _ _ That's the way the Lord's our highest
[Ab] I should have prayed a lot _
Let all my life be right
[F] This time to find
A _ hidden place possibly _
_ Where you [Ab] know there ain't no rainbows
[G] Wait, witness in _ it _
_ _ _ [C] Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Steppin' _ _ _ _ _ _ off of this [Am] dirty bus
[Fm] First time I've [Bb] understood _ _
_ [Fm] _ Got to be [Eb] the goin' _
[Bb] Not the gettin' there [C] That's good
_ _ [Am] _ That's [C] a thought for [Em] _
keepin' [Gm] if I [Bb] could
_ [Gm] It's _ _ _ _ [Fm] got to be [Dm] the goin'
_ [Gm] Not [G] the gettin' there _ _ That's [C] _ good
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