Intro GFCGFCGFCG Verse 1 G F If it please the court I've had a lot to say C G And it's not always been true G F Standing here before you, judge C G I make my pledge of truth to you Verse 2 G F The waves came over the bowsprit C G The decks awash with running green and foam G F Back there at the wheel I was terrified C G Next day we first saw home Verse 3 G F My relatives came over on the Mayflower C G Landed on the shore almost alone G F No that damn traffic today is terrible C G And everywhere I look I see people alone Verse 4 G F Alone with their heads looking in their hands C G Lost in the conversation stare G F Walking with their eyes looking at the screen C G Talking like they were really there Instrumental GFCG Verse 5 G F I'm lost in this new generation C G Left me behind it seems G F Listening to the shadow of Jimi Hendrix C G "Purple Haze", sounding like TV Verse 6 G F I stepped on someone's hand laying on the street C G Both asleep and dead it may seem G F He didn't even move there on the sidewalk C G I stood there staring in a dream Verse 7 G F She came along in her uniform C G Stood moving me away with a gentle hand G F Dressed in white like a nightingale C G Her name was Florence, Florence of the Land G F G (I knew I'd seen her somewhere) Verse 8 G F I knew I'd seen her somewhere C G But she was busy with him gone G F She came with three different brothers C G Abraham, Martin and John Verse 9 G F I heard a song about that once C G And I never knew what it meant G F Three stars died in a plane one night C G Rock and Roll, the message that was sent Verse 10 G F I couldn't wrap my head around it C G Didn't know what it meant G F Standing there on that sandy beach C G Watching it turn to cement Verse 11 G F Now I don't see all the colors C G And I might miss some of their beauty G F But I do see what I see C G And I want to do my duty Verse 12 G F Enlisted in the Navy at the corner store C G They had a recruiting booth G F I covered my heart and raised my hand C G And swore it was the truth Outro G G That's my pledge G F That's my pledge C G That's my pledge, judge GFC G That's my pledge GFCG