Westbound Bart - John Craigie
Capo: Fret 3
Tuning: , E A D G B E
When song switches from G to Em, he does a walkdown that goes like this.
He does not let the G chord ring out. He only plays bass notes then lets the Em ring
e|---3--3--3--
B|---3--3--3--
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|---3--2--0--
-3-----------|
-3-----------|
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-2-----------|
-2-----------|
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Chords:
xx4320
022033
x02230
[Intro]
Oh on the West
bound Bart, do
ve under water
and
my ears popped
and, your eye
s watered
and mascara ra
n down your fa
ce
[Verse 1]
And you looked
at me from th
ree rows away
As if to say,
please stop st
aring at me an
d so I did
And you got of
f at 16th and
Mission and
I did too, I d
idn't want it
to seem like I
was following
you
It was the sam
e stop I was g
etting off, I
swear
And you walked
on down the s
treet, and I w
alked behind
But you kept o
n making the s
ame turns, I w
as gonna make
Till finally y
ou stepped in,
the same bar
that I was goi
ng to
And it was tue
sday night kar
aoke
And I sang Lay
, Lady, Lay, w
ith the funny
voice and all
And you sang B
ohemian Rhapso
dy, and everyb
ody sang along
Especially on
that part, Tha
t says I somet
imes wish I'd
never been bor
n at all
[Harmonica]
[Verse 2]
And when you w
ere done, and
the crowd arou
nd you dispers
ed
I went up to t
ell you, just
what a great j
ob you had don
e
You said I won
der if when Fr
eddie Mercury
Wrote Bohemian
Rhapsody, if
he knew it was
going to be
The ultimate s
ong for karaok
e
[Bridge]
And I said "wh
at about Ameri
can Pie?"
And you said "
#
fuck American
Pie"
Our generation
can not ident
ify with drove
my chevy to t
he levee
It ain't nothi
ng when compar
ed to I someti
mes wish I'd n
ever been born
at all
[Harmonica]
[Verse 3]
You said well
that was a gre
at version of
Lay, Lady, Lay
With the funny
voice and all
, Back from Bo
b Dylan's Nash
ville Skyline
days if I do r
ecall
I said yeah I
don't normally
do this karao
ke thing
But if I do, I
either sing t
hat song or ev
erybody must g
et stoned
Rainy Day Wome
n number twelv
e and thirty-f
ive(technicall
y that's what
that songs cal
led)
And you said y
eah what's wit
h that song ti
tle, whats wit
h the 12 and 3
5
I said well 12
times 35 is f
our hundred an
d twenty, and
you know what
they say about
four twenty
But maybe that
's just the ma
th major in me
talking
I dont know wh
at it means, I
t just does
But girl you k
now I used to
roam around
Play my own gu
itar, Sing my
own songs
It's been a wh
ile since I've
been on the r
oad
See I've lost
my muse, and I
have not writ
ten a song
In about a yea
r or so, Im ta
king a little
break
My friends cal
l it retiremen
t I don't know
But just today
, the most ama
zing thing hap
pened
I saw somethin
g beautiful an
d I felt a spa
rk
Of a brand new
song, That I
have not felt
in so long
[Bridge]
And you said S
ing it to me,
I said it's no
t ready to sin
g
Because all I
have is the ve
ry first line
She said if yo
u don't sing m
e that first l
ine now, there
will never be
a second line
Give me what y
ou got boy or
else go home
I said okay, here goes
[Chorus]
Oh on the West
bound Bart, do
ve under water
and
my ears popped
and, your eye
s watered
and mascara ra
n down your fa
ce