Chords with lyrics
Intro
(
A minorAm) - (
G+G) - (A minorAm) x2
Verse
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Come gather round me children, a story I will tell
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
I've been around since Jesus met the woman at the well
C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm
I've walked these roads ten thousand years, I'm a ragtime millionaire
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
I'm the rake and the ramblin saint. I am the man from God knows where
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Oh, they hung me in Downpatrick, up near St.Patrick's tomb
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
But my ghost rose up in the peat fire smoke toward the rising of the moon
C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm
Now as I drift through your villages, all the maidens stop and stare
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
"There goes old Tom, the vagabond, he's the man from God knows where"
C majorC A minorAm C majorC G+G
So it's rise up all you ancestors, and dance upon your graves
C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm
I've come to hear your voices, now, so maybe I'll be saved
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Cursed are we who forget the past, but pray and don't despair
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
My song might haunt your dreams tonight, I'm the man from God knows where
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
I've slept beneath your bridges, near your oil refineries
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
I've gambled on your river boats, Shenandoah; Kanakee
C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm
I'm the homeless lad, I'm an orphan child, leaves of grass sewn through my hair
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Yeah, me and old Walt Whitman, we're the men from God knows where
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
I've rode the rods on steam trains with a banjo on my knee
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
While the voice of Stephen Foster, whisperd songs to me
C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm
Of the storefront church and the chain gang choir; Black sorrow filled the air
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Then Stephen died on a doss house floor, like a man from God knows where
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
I've heard the sound of Indian drums I've heard the bugles blow
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Before they re'wrote history, into a Wild West Show
C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm
My kin sailed toward America, to steal their Indian ground
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
They passed Bill Cody's circus ships, European bound
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
So lock up all your daughters, your whiskey and your gold
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
I have come to claim my bounty, for the lies that I've been told
C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm
And as I look out on this crowd tonight, I see most of you don't care
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Come lift your glass, reveal your past, to the man from God knows where
