Chords with lyrics
Intro: G+G FF C majorC G+G FF C majorC G+G FF C majorC G+G
verse 1
G+G FF
If it please the court I've had a lot to say
C majorC G+G
And it's not always been true
G+G FF
Standing here before you, judge
C majorC G+G
I make my pledge of truth to you
verse 2
G+G FF
The waves came over the bowsprit
C majorC G+G
The decks awash with running green and foam
G+G FF
Back there at the wheel I was terrified
C majorC G+G
Next day we first saw home
verse 3
G+G FF
My relatives came over on the Mayflower
C majorC G+G
Landed on the shore almost alone
G+G FF
No that damn traffic today is terrible
C majorC G+G
And everywhere I look I see people alone
verse 4
G+G FF
Alone with their heads looking in their hands
C majorC G+G
Lost in the conversation stare
G+G FF
Walking with their eyes looking at the screen
C majorC G+G
Talking like they were really there
Instrumental
G+G FF C majorC G+G
Verse 5
G+G FF
I'm lost in this new generation
C majorC G+G
Left me behind it seems
G+G FF
Listening to the shadow of Jimi Hendrix
C majorC G+G
"Purple Haze", sounding like TV
Verse 6
G+G FF
I stepped on someone's hand laying on the street
C majorC G+G
Both asleep and dead it may seem
G+G FF
He didn't even move there on the sidewalk
C majorC G+G
I stood there staring in a dream
Verse 7
G+G FF
She came along in her uniform
C majorC G+G
Stood moving me away with a gentle hand
G+G FF
Dressed in white like a nightingale
C majorC G+G
Her name was Florence, Florence of the Land
G+G FF C majorC G+G
(I knew I'd seen her somewhere)
Verse 8
G+G FF
I knew I'd seen her somewhere
C majorC G+G
But she was busy with him gone
G+G FF
She came with three different brothers
C majorC G+G
Abraham, Martin and John
Verse 9
G+G FF
I heard a song about that once
C majorC G+G
And I never knew what it meant
G+G FF
Three stars died in a plane one night
C majorC G+G
Rock and Roll, the message that was sent
verse 10
G+G FF
I couldn't wrap my head around it
C majorC G+G
Didn't know what it meant
G+G FF
Standing there on that sandy beach
C majorC G+G
Watching it turn to cement
verse 11
G+G FF
Now I don't see all the colors
C majorC G+G
And I might miss some of their beauty
G+G FF
But I do see what I see
C majorC G+G
And I want to do my duty
verse 12
G+G FF
Enlisted in the Navy at the corner store
C majorC G+G
They had a recruiting booth
G+G FF
I covered my heart and raised my hand
C majorC G+G
And swore it was the truth
Outro
G+G FF C majorC G+G
That's my pledge
G+G FF
That's my pledge
C majorC G+G
That's my pledge, judge
G+G FF C majorC
G+G
That's my pledge
G+G FF C majorC G+G