Committed To Parkview chords by Porter Wagoner

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: Novice


Submitted by: hegol

     A              E
There's a man across the hall who sits staring at the floor
                      A
and he thinks he's Hank Williams, hear him singing through the door.
     D           A
There's a girl in 202 who stops by to visit me
    B               E
and she talks about her songs and the star that she should be.
     A                D
There's a lot of real fine talent, staying in or passing through
    A     D  A         D       A
and for one thing or another, they're committed to Parkview.

A              E
There's a girl in 207 coming down on Thorazine
                    A
and a superstars ex-drummer, trying to kick Benzedrine.
     D                 A
There's a real fine country singer, who has tried and tried and tried.
     B                E
They just bought him in this morning, an attempted suicide.
     A                  D
There are those that never made it, those that did and now are through.
   A       D    A         D       A
Some came of their own good choosing, some committed to Parkview.

     A               E
There's a girl who cries above me, loud enough to wake the dead.
                      A
They don't know what she has taken that has scrambled up her head.
     D                A
There's a boy just down below me who's the son of some well known.
    B                 E
He was brought in by his mother cause his daddy's always gone.
     A                D
There's a bum from down on Broadway and a few quite well to do's.
     A     D    A        D       A
Who have withdrawn from the rat-race and committed to Parkview.

A                E
They wake me 'bout 6.30, just before the morning meal.
                       A
While they're taking my blood pressure, they ask us how we feel.
   D                  A
And I always say fantastic but there ain't nothing wrong with me.
     B             E
Then they give me my injection and I go right back to sleep.
    A               D
And my days are kind of foggy and my nights are dreamy too.
      A   D     A       D       A
But they're taking good care of me while committed to Parkview.

THE END!