Song For Dan Treacy

Chords

Standard

D             Bm
He spends his time
         G 
or maybe half of his time
   Bb
or part of the time wandering
           D                  Bm                     Em
'round the creeks and cobble stones of hackney lanes
D                  Bm
with a tear in his eye
        G                       Bb
as the children walk by, he's thinking of a song
     D                 Bm           Em
then stops to paint a picture of a frown
Gbm        Fm
walking around

Em Cm Gm Gbm Fm x2 


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D             Bm  
Dan Treacy's smile
           G                           Bb
leaves you trying to decide who's the victim, what's the crime?
   D
no rest for the mind
      Bm              Em
that's seen it all before
D                          Bm
and I don't know where he lives
            G         
but he's a myth of a man
     Bb
and Texas Bob the cameraman
   D              Bm              Em
is off to fix his sit before the show
           Gbm        Fm
yeah, but where did he go?

Em Cm Gm Gbm Fm x2

C#m                A
to know when your time's up
     B                 E               G#m          Bm
you flip the glass and watch the hours quickening
   A       Am
oh oh oh oh oh
       C#m          A
in the back of the station
    B               E                   G#m         Bm
fluorescent lights about to quit their flickering
        A
well he speaks his mind
        Gb
he says "what is crime?"
     Gbm              Gbm6
Dan Treacy's eyes

D                    Bm
In the middle of the park
         G
when the underground is dark,
       Gm          Bb
he's a poet he's a lark
          D                Bm                Em
he starts thinking about a place that no one knows
D                       Bm
and when the creeks run dry
         G
he stays frozen in time
        Gm            Bb
strange lights in the sky
      D
start blinking
              Bm                   Em
I can see the car outside but he's listening
     G#m
he's listening
         A             Am
and he's making up his mind

C#m         A
He made his mind up
   B                   E          G#m Bm A Am
to get things done and overcome
C#m         A
He made his mind up
B                E              G#m Bm A Am
yeah he's gonna let it go
C#m         A
he made his mind up
B               E               G#m Bm A Am
in the park and at the station
C#m         A
he made his mind up
B                E              G#m Bm A Am
yeah, he's gonna get it done
C#m         A
he made his mind up
    B               E           G#m Bm A Am
ooh yeah he's gonna get it done
C#m         A       B E G#m Bm
he made his mind up

A                              B
yeah, he's gonna let it go, uh oh
              C#m
no matter the time
   B
oh oh
         C#m      
when the creeps run by
   B
oh no
                C#m 
he's making his mind up
      B
oh oh oh oh
Gbm                         B
yeah he's gonna get it done whoa
Gbm                              B
oh yeah, when the creeks run dry whoa oh
Gbm                            B
yeah, he's gonna listen to his soul,
Gbm                          
yeah, when the creeps walk by and say
Gbm
"come here boy, look me in the eye"
Gbm6
bow to the heart, back to the beat of
    E
Dan Treacy