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Capo 3rd fret Asus2 Asus2/G Asus2/F Asus2/E Asus2 Dm G Asus2 When you walk down the street, who will follow you? Dm G Asus2 Six o'clock, it's getting late. Dm G Asus2 The moon, it is rising as the sticky dew F G Asus2 Molds on the ground by the gate.
With your rifle on your shoulder as you march along,
Listening to your boot-heels hit the sod,
Smoking your cigar as you hum a song,
Thinking of your mother and your God.
C Em Asus2 Ah, but you're alone, Jimmy Clay, C E7 Asus2 As you smoke your cigar and earn your pay. Dm (G) Asus2 And fifteen thousand soldiers are marching by your side, F G Asus2 - Am - Asus2 - Am - Asus2 Still, you're alone, Jimmy Clay.
Remember New York town, good old New York town?
The friends, the drinks, the cops and all,
And the whores who took your money when you couldn't stand,
And all the roaring nights you can't recall.
And remember Alice Fay, good old Alice Fay,
She'd been through life at least ten times around.
And when she said she loved you, well, she meant it, boy.
Remember the night you nearly drowned?
Ah, but you're alone, Jimmy Clay,
As you smoke your cigar and think of yesterday.
Well, yesterday don't matter when it's gone away.
Where did it go, Jimmy Clay?
So as you lie there in the mud, who will talk to you?
Nobody, Jimmy Clay.
For when you're gone, mankind follows after you,
Doesn't it, Jimmy Clay?
And your face is growing moldy where they kissed your cheek
And said, "Please die for us, Jimmy Clay."
And so you died a soldier and a hero's death.
Congratulations, Jimmy Clay!
Now you're alone, Jimmy Clay.
You can smoke your cigar and earn your pay.
And somewhere in the distance you can hear the fiddle play,
But not one note will change, Jimmy Clay.
F G Asus2 Am
(Words and music by Patrick Sky, 1966)
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