Off He Goes(Chords)

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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 

          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 

F C Am 

     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 

          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 

(repeat chorus riff) 

          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 strong 
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 

	        

Written by Edward Louis Severson Iii