Tuning: D A D G A D 

E   G     C 
Oh tiring city 

E             G       C 
Leave it from time to time 

E           G               C 
People with things in their ears 

E          G      C 
Cutting me off in line 



E           G          C 
Get on the long yellow highway 

E       G            C 
Need to get the hell out 

E        G        C 
Hassles, Hassles, Hassles 

E      G        C 
Always stacking up 



E   G     C 

Oh jilted lover 

E              G        C 
Why won’t you, leave me be 

E            G          C 
Why must you grind your axe 

E            G            C 
Against my, fruit bearing tree. 



E   G     C 
Oh lonely mountain 

E     G            C 
Quiet peaceful and green 

E            G   C 
Out here in isolation 

E              G         C 
Don’t hear no, ambulance scream 



E  G      C 
Oh bitter friend 

E       G         C 
Envious of others jobs 

E       G          C 
Envious of others freedom 

E                   G              C 
Gotta work hard to find your sweet spot 



E       G         C 
Devoted my whole life 

E       G        C 
Nothing came by luck 

E         G            C 
Your dad paid for your college 

E       G           C 
My dad gave me five bucks 



E  G        C 
Oh endless sessions 

E            G         C 
Down here at Ellis and Hyde 

E         G       C 
My elbows at the desk 

E         G   C 
I listen and scrutinize 



E          G          C 
Come home lay down in bed 

E          G          C 
Drum loop stuck in my head 

E       G             C 
Try and shut my brain off 

E              G       C 
And open Night Stalker again 



E   G      C 
Oh lonely record 

E         G     C 
No longer has a home 

E    G     C 
Only money comes 

E          G          C 
When I get out on the road 



E   G     C 
Oh lonely ocean 

E      G      C 
Why it must I cross 

E             G          C 
To end up in Puerto Real Spain 

E          G             C 
Where I’ll turn and I’ll toss 



E  G      C 
Oh lonely singer 

E          G                   C 
Lies there awake, looks at the clock 

E        G         C 
Flipping through a black book 

E            G              C 
Re-learnin’ songs that he’s forgot 



E  G     C 
Oh eager fan 

E          G       C 
Follows me show to show 

E    G          C 
If I had a good night 

E            G           C 
I might come out and say hello 



E  G       C 
Oh patient lover 

E       G      C 
Waiting by the phone 

E           G       C 
I call her from my layover 

E                G      C 
And tell her I’m coming home 



E                   G              C 
Scattered lights of south San Francisco 

E            G    C 
Sparkle like diamonds 

E                 G            C 
When the night is black and my airplane’s 

E    G   C 
Downward glidin’ 



E   G     C 
Oh love I missed you 

E        G       C 
Lie down next to me 

E             G       C 
Sway with me like the ocean 

E                G               C 
’til I fall off into a deep long sleep 



E                    G            C 
Oh dandelion com in’ up from the ground 

E           G     C 
I reach for a notebook 

E      G        C 
Write down some words 

E       G       C 
And try to wind down