Walt Graces Submarine Test January 1967 chords by John Mayer

Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967               Buck

John Mayer

Chords

Capo 6


 C                  F
Walt Grace, desperately hating his whole place
                   Am
Dreamed to discover a new space
                   F
And buried himself alive
      C                                F
Inside his basement, tongue on the side of his face meant
                       Am
He's working away on displacement
                          F
And what it would take to survive

 F               Am              G        F
'Cause when you're done with this world
       Am      G
You know the next is up to you
     C        F      G
And his wife told his kids he was crazy
         C              F      G
And his friends said he'd fail if he tried
      C       F
But with a will to work hard
    Am   D
And a library card
      F                    G         C
He took a homemade, fan-blade, one-man submarine ride



   C                          F
That morning, the sea was mad and I mean it
                   Am
Waves as big as he'd seen it
                    F
Deep in his dreams at home
   C
From dry land
                   F
He rolled it over to wet sand
                     Am
Closed the hatch up with one hand
                  F
And peddled off alone



 F               Am              G        F
'Cause when you're done with this world
       Am       G
You know the next is up to you
    C      F      G
And for once in his life it was quiet
    C       F      G
As he learned how to turn in the tide
    C     F
And the sky was a flare
        Am      D
When he came up for air
    F                 G                C
In his homemade, fan-blade, one-man submarine ride



  C
One evening
                              F
When weeks had passed since his leaving
                           Am
The call she'd planned on receiving
         F
Finally made it home
      C
She accepted
                      F
The news she'd never expected
             Am
The operator connected
            F
A call from Tokyo



 F               Am              G        F
'Cause when you're done with this world
       Am       G
You know the next is up to you
     C
Now his friends
         F              G
Bring him up when they're drinking
    C         F      G
At the bar with his name on the side
     C        F
And they smile when they can
       Am    D
As they speak of a man
      F               G               C
Who took a homemade, fan-blade, one-man submarine ride