Cabin John

Jon Trafton

Eb  Dm  C  F   G
it's a long way to fall

G F  G                G  F G
try your hand at the open road
G    F   G            G   F  G
play your cards but you play them close
C     Bb     Am        
watch the man with the slight of hand
F                              G    F  G
his eyes will tell you what his actions can't
G F  G                G  F G
set out lookin', I bend my gaze
G F  G                G  F G
past all I've known and all my days
C     Bb     Am        
see the view from the mountain top
F                              G    F  G
memories in an empty box

Eb  Dm  C  F   G
it's a long way to fall (x2)

dawn's light wearin' my tired mind
like a weathered shirt on the laundry line
down and out in new orleans
houston, dallas, abilene
blistered by the raging sun
he's up there laughing at everyone
pay no mind to the serious moon
the clock says time to go too soon

it's a long way to fall (x2)

jam over first two bars of verse (G F  G F)

drifting lonesome as a cloud
i linger in the milling crowd
Willingly we tie our hands
together for another dance
you and I are steadfast true
you need her and she needs you
alone I waltz around the room
your shadow always follows you

it's a long way to fall

look at what a map I've drawn
airline, railroad, highway songs
a billion miles and we'll be there soon
a million miles and it still feels noon
i contemplate played a lifetime spent
all the years and where they went
sets in slow but it takes you fast
future will future the past (x however many you feel like!)