harmonica:
D, G, C, D, G
G C
Some time ago a crazy dream came to me,
D
I dreamt I was walkin' into World War Three,
G C
I went to the doctor the very next day
D
To see what kinda words he could say.
G C
He said it was a bad dream.
I wouldn't worry 'bout it none, though,
D
Them old dreams 're only in your head.
harmonica:
G, C, D, G, C, D, G
G C
I said, "Hold it, Doc, a World War passed through my brain."
D
He said, "Nurse, get your pad, the boy's insane,"
G C
He grabbed my arm, I said "Ouch!"
D
As I landed on the psychiatric couch,
G
He said, "Tell me about it."
harmonica:
C, D, G
G C
Well, the whole thing started at 3 o'clock fast,
D
It was all over by quarter past.
G C
I was down in the sewer with some little lover
D G
When I peeked out from a manhole cover
C
Wondering who turned the lights on us.
harmonica:
D, G, C, D, G
G C
Well, I got up and I walked around
D
Up and down the lonesome town.
G C
I stood a-wondering which way to go,
D
I lit a cigarette on a parking meter
G
And walked on down the road.
C
It was a normal day.
harmonica:
D, G, C, D, G
G C
Well, I rung the fallout shelter bell
D
And I leaned my head and I gave a yell,
G C
"Give me a string bean, I'm a hungry man."
D G
A shotgun fired and away I ran.
C
I don't blame 'im too much though,
He didn't know me.
harmonica:
D, G, C, D, G
G C
Down at the corner by a hot-dog stand
D G
I seen a man, I said, "Howdy friend,
C
I guess there's just us two."
D G
He screamed a bit and away he flew.
C
Thought I was a Communist.
harmonica:
D, G, C, D, G, C, D, G
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G C
Well, I spied me a girl and before she could leave,
D
I said "Let's go and play Adam and Eve."
G C
I took her by the hand and my heart it was thumpin'
D G
She said, "Hey man, you crazy or somethin',
C
You seen what happened last time they started."
harmonica:
D, G, C, D, G, C, D, G, C, D, G
G C
Well, I seen your Cadillac window uptown
D
And there was nobody aroun',
G C
I got into the driver's seat
D G
And I drove down 42nd Street
C
In my Cadillac.
D
Good car to drive after a war.
harmonica:
G, C, D, G, C, D, G
G C
Well, I remember seein' some ad,
D
So I turned on my Conelrad.
G C
But I didn't pay the Con Ed bill,
D G
So the radio didn't work so well.
C
Turned on my record player
D
It was Rock-A-Day, Johnny singin',
"Tell Your Ma, Tell Your Pa,
Our Loves A-Gonna Grow Ooh-wah, Ooh-wah."
harmonica:
G, C, D, G, C, D, G, C, D, G
G C
I was feelin' kinda lonesome and blue,
D
I needed somebody to talk to.
G C
So I called up the operator of time
D G C
Just to hear a voice of some kind.
"When you hear the beep
D
It will be three o'clock,"
She said that for over an hour
And I hung up.
harmonica:
G, C, D, G, C, D, G
G C
Well, the doctor interrupted me just about then,
D
Sayin, "Hey I've been havin' the same old dreams,
G C
But mine was a little different you see.
D G
I dreamt the only person left after the war was me.
I didn't see you around."
harmonica:
C, D, G
G C
Well, now time passed and now it seems
D
Everybody's having them dreams.
G C D G C
Everybody sees themselves walkin' around with no one else.
Half of the people can be part right all of the time,
D
Some of the people can be all right part of the time.
But all of the people can't be all right all of the time.
G C
I think Abraham Lincoln said that.
"I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours,"
I said that.
harmonica:
D, G, C, D, G, C, D, G
end on a G
