"There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief, "There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief.
Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth, None of them along the line know what any of it is worth."
"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke, "There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate, So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."
All along the watchtower, princes kept the view While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too. Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl, Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl.
Play twice - just with bass drum E -7-8--10-8--7----12-13-15-13-12----7-8--10-8--7--------- B -8-10-12-10-8----13-15-17-15-13----8-10-12-10-8----7--7-8-10 G ---------------------------------------------------7--7-----
[Verse - Drums in] [G] Hey where did [C] we go, [G] days when the [D] rains came [G] Down in the [C] hollow, [G] playin' a [D] new game [G] Laughin' and a- [C] runnin' hey, hey, [G] skippin' and a- [D] jumpin' [G] In the misty [C] mornin' fog with, [G] ah, our [D] hearts thumpin' and [C] you [D] My brown-eyed [G] girl, [Em] [C] you're my [D] brown-eyed [G] girl [D7]
[Verse] [G] Whatever [C] happened, [G] to Tuesday is [D] so slow [G] Goin' down the [C] old mine with a [G] transistor [D] radio [G] Standin' in the [C] sunlight laughin', [G] hidin' behind a [D] rainbow's wall [G] Slippin' and a- [C] slidin' [G] all along the [D] waterfall with yo [C] u [D] My brown-eyed [G] girl, [Em] [C] you're my [D] brown-eyed [G] girl
[D7] Do you remember when we used to
[Chorus] [G] sing Sha la la [C] la la la la [G] la la la la te [D] da (just like that) [G] Sha la la [C] la la la la [G] la la la la te [D] da, la te [G] da [G][G]
[Bass solo - JUST BASS DRUM] (Can play G then ascend on A string 0 2 3 to C then play D x5777 x5555 to allude to riff) --G-G--G--G--G-----------C------G--------D------- D 5-55-55-55-5--------------2-4-5---------------5 A ----------------------23-3-----------3-5--55-7 E --------------3---3-3-------------------------
[Verse - DRUMS BACK IN] [G] So hard to [C] find my way, [G] now that I'm all [D] on my own [G] I saw you just the [C] other day, [G] my, how [D] you have grown [G] Cast my memory [C] back there, Lord, [G] sometimes I'm [D] overcome thinkin' about [G] Makin' love in the [C] green grass, [G] behind the [D] stadium with [C] you [D] My brown-eyed [G] girl, [Em] [C] a-you're my [D] brown-eyed [G] girl
[D7] Do you remember when we used to
[Chorus] [G] sing Sha la la [C] la la la la [G] la la la la te [D] da (just like that) [G] Sha la la [C] la la la la [G] la la la la te [D] da, la te [G] da [G][G]