Intro: C
verse 1:
F
There's a rainbow of babies
G C
Draped over the graveyard
F C
Where all the dead sailors
G
Wait for their brides
C
And the cold bitter snow
F C
Has strangled each grass-blade
F C
Where the salt from their tears
G C
Washed in with the tide
F C
And I smiled on the Wabash
G C
The last time I passed it
F C
I gave her a wink
G
From the passenger side
C
My foot fell asleep
F C
As I swallowed my candy
F C
Knowing he was in heaven
G C
Before he died
verse 2:
F
Now the harbour's on fire
G C
With the dreams and desires
F C
Of a thousand young poets
G
Who failed 'cause they tried
C
For a rhyme without reason
F C
Floats down to the bottom
F C
Where the scavengers eat 'em
G C
And wash out with the tide
F C
And I smiled on the Wabash
G C
The last time I passed it
F C
I gave her a wink
G
From the passenger side
C
My foot fell asleep
F C
As I swallowed my candy
F C
Knowing he was in heaven
G C
Before he died
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