Am (strum Am a few times) E|---------0-| B|---------1-| G|---------2-| x 2 D|-----3-2-2-| A|---3-----0-| E|-1---------| then F C C E|---------1-0-0-| B|---------1-1-1-| G|-------2-2-0-0-| D|-----3---3-2-2-| A|---3-----3-3-3-| E|-1-------1-----| [Intro] F C [Verse 1] F C F C Am Know a man... His face pulled and tense... F C G/F Asus2 Am Like he's riding on a motorbike... in the strongest winds F C F C So I approach with tact... suggest that he should relax F C G/F F But he's always moving much too fast Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Said he'll see me on the flipside... of this trip he's taken for a ride [Chorus] F C F C F C He's been takin'... too much on... off he goes F C G/F Asus2 Am F C with his perfectly un--kept clothes... there he goes [Chorus riff] E|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------| D|--2--2--2--3--2--3--2-----0--2----2--2--2--3--2--3--2-| A|-----------------------3------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| G|-----2--0-------------------------------2--0----------| D|--0--------0--0--2----2--3--2--3--2--0--------0--2--0-| A|------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------2--0---------------------------------------| D|--3--2--0--------0--2--0------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------| F C Am [Verse 2] F C F C He's yet to come back... but I see his picture F C F C Am F C Doesn't look the same up on the rack... we go way back F Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am I wonder 'bout his insides... it's like his thoughts are too big for his size [Chorus] F C F C F C He's been taken... Where? I don't know... off he goes F C G/F Asus2 Am F C with his perfectly un--kept hope... there he goes [Chorus riff] E|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------| D|--2--2--2--3--2--3--2-----0--2----2--2--2--3--2--3--2-| A|-----------------------3------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| G|-----2--0-------------------------------2--0----------| D|--0--------0--0--2----2--3--2--3--2--0--------0--2--0-| A|------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------2--0---------------------------------------| D|--3--2--0--------0--2--0------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------| [Verse 3] F C F C And now I rub my eyes... for he has returned F C F C G/F Asus2 Am Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned F C For he still smiles... and he's still smiling F C F C G/F Asus2 Am Nothing's changed but the surrounding bullshit... that has grown F C F C And now he's home and we're laughing F C F C Am Like we always did... my same old... same old friend F C F C Until a quarter to ten... I saw the strain creep in F C F C G/F Asus2 Am He seemed distracted and I know just what is going to hap-pen next F C F C Before his first step... he is off again