INTRO: E|--0------------|----0----------| B|---------------|---------------| G|---------------|---------------| D|------2---4----|--------2---4--| A|--2---0---2----|----2---0------| E|---------------|------------3--| x2 MAIN RIFF: (Note changes in timing) ( 4/4, 2/4, then 5/4 ) 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 E|-----|--------------2---------------3----------------| B|-----|*-------------3---------------3---------------*| G|-----|--------------2---------------0----------------| D|-4---|--0-----0-----------------0---------------4----| A|---0-|*-----------------2---4---------2-----------0-*| E|-----|-----------------------------------------------| x4 I recall A schoolboy coming home Through fields of cane To a house of tin and timber And in the sky A rain of falling cinders From time to time The waste, memory wastes REPEAT MAIN RIFF x2 I recall A boy in bigger pants Like everyone Just waiting for a chance His father's watch He left it in the showers From time to time The waste, memory wastes And the waste, memory wastes REPEAT MAIN RIFF x4 I recall A bigger brighter world A world of books And silent times in thought And then the railroad The railroad takes him home Through fields of cattle Through fields of cane From time to time The waste, memory wastes And the waste, memory wastes SOLO: 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 E|-----|------------------------------3----------------| B|-----|*-----------------------------3---------------*| G|-----|------------------------------0----------------| D|-4---|--2---4-------------------0---------------4----| A|---0-|*-----------------2---4---------2-----------0-*| E|-----|-----------------------------------------------| x6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 E|-----------------------------------------------| B|*---------------------------------------------*| G|-----------------------------------------------| D|--5-4---2---5---4---2---5---4-------0----------| A|*---------------------------------------------*| E|-----------------------------------------------| x4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 E|-----------------------------------------------| B|*---------------------------------------------*| G|-----------------------------------------------| D|--9-9-9-7---------7----------------------------| A|*-----------------------10----9-----5---------*| E|-----------------------------------------------| x2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 E|-----------------------------------------------| B|*---------------------------------------------*| G|-----------------------------------------------| D|--4-5---7-------7-7---5---4--------------------| A|*-----------------------------5---------------*| E|----------------------------------7------------| x6 REPEAT TO FADE: Do, do, do, etc. Further, longer, higher, etc. Transcribed by Daniel Schaumann

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