Chords for Songs Of Their Own - #9 "Wharf Rat" Pete Pidgeon

[Bb] Hi, Pete Pigeon here, Colorado Sound in Denver, _
recording some overdubs for my new record,
All the Little Things, and taking a minute here
to pay tribute to the Grateful Dead,
the GD-50 show's coming [Ab] up,
[A] and thanks to Jambase for putting this together.
_ [Bb] Thanks to Billy and Mickey and Phil and Bobby and Robert,
especially Jerry, for your inspiration. _
This is a tune about a man who's had a hard life
and still believes that he can get back on his feet
and get it back together again.
It's a tune [A] here called Warfrat. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] Old man down
_ [Em] _ Way _ _
[A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ down, down
_ Down by the docks of [A] the city
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] Blind and dirty
_ [Em] _ _ _ He _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ asked me for a dime
A dime for a [A] cup of coffee
_ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ Well, I got no dime
[D] But I've got some time to [A] hear his story
[Em] _ _ My _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] name is August _ _ [Em] West
And I love my pearly baker best
More [Am] than my _ wine
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
More [A] than my wine
_ _ [Em] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ And more than my maker
_ Though he's no [A] friend of mine
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] Well, everyone _ _ said _
_ _ _ _ _ That _
[Em] _ _ I'd come to no good
I knew I would Pearly [A] _ believing
_ _ _ [Em] That _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] half of my _ _ _ _ _ _ life _ _ _ _ _
Well, [Em] I spent doing time
For some [A] motherfucker's crime _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ And the other half found [D] me Stumbling around
Drunk on _ Burgundy _ [A] _ wine _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] But _ _ I'll [D] get _ back _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ On [A] my _ feet _ _ _ _
[D] Someday
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] The good _ _ _ [G] Lord will end _
_ [A] _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ If he says I [D] may _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ Well, I know that
_ The [A] _
life _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ I'm living's [Em] no good
_ Well, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ I'll get a new _ start _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And live the _ life _ [Em] I should _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'll get up and fly _ away
_ Well, _ _ _ _ _ I'll get up and fly
_ _ [E] Fly _ away
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
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Well, pearly's been true
_ [Em] And [Am] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ true to me
And true to my _ [A] dying day He said
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ Well, I said to him
[Em] _
Well, [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
I said to him
I'm sure she's been
[A] _ _ _ _ _ Well, [Em] I said to him
[D] I'm sure that she's [A] been
True to you _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
got up and wandered
_ I _ _ _ [Em] _ _ wandered downtown
Nowhere to go
Just [E] to hang around
_ [Am] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ Well, I got a girl _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ Named Bonnie Lee
And I know that girl
[E] She's been true to me
_ _ [Em] Well, I know she's been
[D] I'm sure that she's [A] been
True to _ me
_ Oh _ -oh _ -oh-oh-oh-oh _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Oh _ _ _ _ _ -oh-oh _ _ -oh-oh-oh _ _ _ _
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