Sunday, March 21, 2010

Joe Pug - Not So Sure

Capo IV

C
there was a time when I heard you

C
calling out my name

......F..............................C.........G
but these days I'm not so sure

............C........................................G
when the room went dark and her voice was gone

...Am
I heard you all the same

......F................................C..........G
but these days I'm not so sure

I knew I could remember
your bedroom and your touch
but these days I'm not so sure
"definitely" was a word that I
used far too much
but these days I'm not so sure

..F.............................C
I bummed expensive cigarettes

...F..................................C
I wrote John Steinbeck's books

.......Am.........................G
I undressed someone's daughter

........F.............................C
and complained about her looks

F
stealing was so easy then

............................C
I wish that it still were

..............Am...............G
now as I pick my own pocket

............F................................C
I know these days I'm not so sure

the church was my kitchen
the world was my church
but these days I'm not so sure
the choirs I would listen
the choirs I would search
but these days I'm not so sure

I sacrificed my sister
I prayed my own soul to keep
I told my dying father
that a man should never weep
breathing was so easy then
I wish that it still were
now as the breeze just makes me colder
that these days I'm not so sure

so if you see me tripping
I've forgotten how to walk
and I spend my days wishing after her
my steps are without rhythm
and her name is drawn in chalk
but these days I'm not so sure

I drank my wine for breakfast
every morning I was born
in the black electric winter
my back stays warm
sleeping was so easy then
I wish that it still were
and in my sleepless bedroom
I know that these days I'm not so sure

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