Storybook chords by Roger Creager

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC


Verse 1:
G+G            C majorC    G+G              C majorC
Sometimes I sit in my backyard, I kick back and drink iced tea
G+G             C majorC      G+G           C majorC
I stare all the way to the ocean and dream of how it would be
G+G            C majorC        G+G             C majorC
If I were a ship captain somewhere or an old fashioned sailor at sea
G+G              C majorC            G+G             C majorC
Or a stowed away pirate just down below hiding and praying the law dont find me
D MajorD            E minorEm  D MajorD              E minorEm
Maybe I'd sail from Nantucket chasing the great white whale
C majorC           G+G               D MajorD         E minorEm
Oh without a sound, I'd run him aground then I'd bring old Ahab the tail
    D MajorD          E minorEm
Yeah I'd bring old Ahab his tail

Chorus:
C majorC          D MajorD
But I'm not a sailor
           G+G  F# minorF#m      E minorEm
I'm just a man stuck here in the promise land
C majorC    D MajorD        G+G
Living hard and living free
C majorC          D MajorD      G+G    F# minorF#m      E minorEm
I'm a dreamer that's what I got, Oh but here goes one last shot
C majorC     D MajorD             G+G
I hope someday they're dreaming about me


Verse 2:
G+G           C majorC     G+G   C majorC
Sometimes I dream Im a cowboy around 1949
G+G            C majorC        G+G          C majorC
I'd cross the border on horseback with a real close buddy of mine
G+G           C majorC       G+G          C majorC
Id know we'd run from trouble but Im sure its what we'd find
G+G                 C majorC         G+G           C majorC
When you're out of the frying pan into the fire, who cares what you leave behind
D MajorD         E minorEm           D MajorD          E minorEm
I know i'd fall in love down there and I'd probably windup in jail
C majorC              G+G           D MajorD          E minorEm
When you fall in love with a rich man's daughter, 'who's gonna go your bail
   D MajorD         E minorEm
Man I hate them Mexican jails

Chorus:
C majorC          D MajorD
But I'm not a outlaw
           G+G  F# minorF#m      E minorEm
I'm just a man stuck here in the promise land
C majorC    D MajorD        G+G
Living hard and living free
C majorC          D MajorD      G+G    F# minorF#m      E minorEm
I'm a dreamer that's what I got, Oh but here goes one last shot
C majorC     D MajorD             G+G
I hope someday they're dreaming about me


Solo:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC


Verse 3:
G+G             C majorC    G+G            C majorC
I'd love to go rafting the waters. ride on the mighty Mississip
G+G           C majorC          G+G               C majorC
I'd float around from town to town causing trouble then I'd give'em the slip
D MajorD              E minorEm     D MajorD         E minorEm
And that river could take me back to the days of old Huck Finn
C majorC           G+G         D MajorD          E minorEm
I'd sleep all day and smoke all night and play tricks on old Jim
    D MajorD          E minorEm
Yeah I'd think I'd like old Jim


Chorus:
C majorC          D MajorD
But I'm not a runaway
           G+G  F# minorF#m      E minorEm
I'm just a man stuck here in the promise land
C majorC    D MajorD        G+G
Living hard and living free
C majorC          D MajorD      G+G    F# minorF#m      E minorEm
I'm a dreamer that's what I got, Oh but here goes one last shot
C majorC     D MajorD             G+G
I hope someday they're dreaming about me
C majorC       D MajorD         G+G
Yeah I hope one day you read about me