Poughkeepsie
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#Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 22:31:47 -0500
#From: "Tara D. Kennedy"
#Subject: o/over_the_rhine/poughkeepsie.pro
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#"Poughkeepsie" by Over the Rhine
#from their album "Good Dog Bad Dog"
#written by Karen Bergquist
#transcribed by Tara Kennedy (nothingnatural@mail.utexas.edu)
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#capo 1st fret
#you may want to add Am7 in C sections for variety
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G tacet
G C
I thought I'd go up Poughkeepsie look out o'er the Hudson and I'd
G D G
throw my body down on the river. And I'd know no more sorrow
C G D
I'd fly like the sparrow and I'd ride on the backs of the
G
angels tonight.
Chorus
D C G
I'd ride on the backs of the angels tonight
D C G
I'd take to the sky with all of my might
G C
No more drowning in my sorrows, no more drowning in my fright
G D G
I'd just ride on the backs of the angels tonight
C
G C
There are those who know sorrow and those who must borrow
G D G
and those whose lot in life is sweet. Well I'm drunk on
C G
self-pity, scorned all that's been given me, I would drink
D G
from a bottle labeled Sure Defeat.
repeat chorus
C
G C
Then the skies they fell open and my eyes were opened to a
G D G
world of hope falling at my feet. Now I've no more or less
C G D
than anyone else has, what I have is a gift of life I
G
can't repeat.
G C
So I go up Poughkeepsie look out o'er the Hudson and I
G D G
cast my worries to the sky. Now I still know sorrow but I
C G
can fly like the sparrow cause I ride on the backs of
D G
the angels tonight.
repeat chorus except last line is
G D C
I'll just ride on the backs of the angels each night
G tacet
end on