Poughkeepsie Lyrics

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#Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 22:31:47 -0500
#From: "Tara D. Kennedy"
#Subject: o/over_the_rhine/poughkeepsie.pro
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#"Poughkeepsie" by Over the Rhine
#from their album "Good Dog Bad Dog"
#written by Karen Bergquist
#transcribed by Tara Kennedy (nothingnatural@mail.utexas.edu)
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#capo 1st fret
#you may want to add Am7 in C sections for variety
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I thought I'd go up Poughkeepsie look out o'er the Hudson and I'd
throw my body down on the river. And I'd know no more sorrow
I'd fly like the sparrow and I'd ride on the backs of the
angels tonight.
I'd ride on the backs of the angels tonight
I'd take to the sky with all of my might
No more drowning in my sorrows, no more drowning in my fright
I'd just ride on the backs of the angels tonight
There are those who know sorrow and those who must borrow
and those whose lot in life is sweet. Well I'm drunk on
self-pity, scorned all that's been given me, I would drink
from a bottle labeled Sure Defeat.
repeat chorus
Then the skies they fell open and my eyes were opened to a
world of hope falling at my feet. Now I've no more or less
than anyone else has, what I have is a gift of life I
can't repeat.
So I go up Poughkeepsie look out o'er the Hudson and I
cast my worries to the sky. Now I still know sorrow but I
can fly like the sparrow cause I ride on the backs of
the angels tonight.
repeat chorus except last line is
I'll just ride on the backs of the angels each night
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