Transient Global Amnesia Blues

Bm Bm Bm Bm Bm Em Sunflower growing on a narrow raft in a fog bank on the Thames F# Bm Adrift above the tide slime where nothing holy swims Bm Em Wherever did it come from likely bird shit someone said F# Bm Just a random freak of nature that refuses to play dead Bm Em Oh to be that stand up straight past seven feet or more F#m Bm Aye she ain’t no faux silk pansy boys what washed up on the shore Bm Em So let us stop and marvel for as long as we can spare F# F#m Bm Seems you have no need for heaven when your hearts already there D A Bm Would that I should be so bold, G D A Greatest story never told Em F#m Bm Worth the wait in solid gold, G A Bm Bm Would that I should be so bold Bm Em I dreamed on sunshine skyway bridge ‘tween Tampa and St. Pete F# Bm Titanic and the iceberg and the twain still yet to meet Bm Em I was running long side Jesus Christ plumed helmet and red cape F# Bm When I vowed unto the Prince of Peace to aid in his escape Bm Em When I felt the spear go in me from the right side to the left F#m Bm I was streaming Mississippi see Bob Dylan, Love and Theft Bm Em When Jesus turned to thank me for the gift of second sight F# F#m Bm I waved him off “No worries man, I think I’ll be alright” D A Bm Would that I were born again, G D A Makes no difference where or when Em F#m Bm Knowing now what I knew then G A Bm Bm Bm Bm Would that I were born again Bm Em From the rainbow eucalyptus stands beyond the River Styx F# Bm To the blood falls in the Arctic it’s at least eight thousand clicks Bm Em You can get there as the crow flies headed north from Singapore F#m Bm Ah but you better get a move on ‘fore she melts down to the core Bm Em When a red dawn in an angry sky portends blue rue and ruin F#m Bm It’s that wanna be a rich guy who pretends there’s nothing doing Bm Em But if that ticking time bomb ‘neath the Yellowstone should blow F#m Bm Ah, it’s adios amigo see you somewhere down below D A Bm Would that we should e’er forget G D A Things that haven’t happened yet Em F#m Bm That someday we might regret G A Bm Would that we should er’r forget G A Bm Bm Bm Bm Would that we should er’r forget