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*after the last A in each verse/chorus, slide up to a Bb, then back down to the A

E                   D               A
the day i turned my back on all you people
E         D               A
i felt an itching in my thumbs
C#m              Bm                F#m            D
salt air like a broadcast from the distant dark beyond 
A         D             A
when my transformation comes



i went down to the warm warm water

saw a pelican fly past 

waved once at the highway and then left all that behind me

i went wading through the grass


C#m                 Bm         A    
and no one was gonna come and get me
C#m             Bm           A
there wasn't anybody gonna know
C#m             Bm              F#m                D
even though i leave a trail of burnt things in my wake
A      D             A
every single place i go



and it was cool and it was quiet 

in the humid marsh down there

i let my head sink down the brackish water

felt it gumming up my hair



the sun was sinking into the atlantic

the last time that i turned my back on you

i tried summon up a little prayer as i went under

it was the best that i could do



and i said let them all fare better than your servant

the reeds all pricking at my skin

here's hoping they have better luck than i had down here with them

all that water rushing in

C#m   Bm    A