[Verse 1]
G F
Go ye down into
that land
C
You’ll wake more
G
than the dogs my
friend
You’ll wake until
F
you’ve woke and
then
C
You’ll wanna go
to sleep again
G
I’m sorry
[Chorus]
G
I’m sorry
F
I’m sorry
C
I feel so goddam
G
bad
G
I’m sorry
D
I’m sorry
I’m the worse
C G
thing ya ever had
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[Verse 2]
G
Walter Whitman
F
Waldo seeking
C G
Confusion analectic
reading
Good men tore down
F
cut and bleeding
C
Things no one needs
G
And I’m sorry
[Chorus]
G
I’m sorry
F
I’m sorry
C
I feel so
G
goddam bad
G
I’m sorry
D
I’m sorry
I’m the worse
C G
thing ya ever had
[Harmonica Solo]
G C G C G F
C G
[Verse 3]
N.C.
The multitudes
contained in you
N.C.
Are surely marching
two by two
G
Into an ark, an
F
unfortunate zoo
C
The flood comes
soon
G
And I’m sorry
[Verse 4]
G
They greet me
F
cosmopolitanly
C
A synthesis of
G
many
litanies
Yall always knew
I was a
F
sucker for those
things
C
I must learn my
manners
and my chinese
please
[Chorus]
G
I’m sorry
F
I’m sorry
C
I feel so
G
goddam bad
G
I’m sorry
D
I’m sorry
I’m the worse
C
thing ya ever
G
had
[Guitar Solo]
D G D G D G
C
[Harmonica Solo]
G C G C G F
C G
[Verse 5]
G
Ya deal with slaves
F
Become withdrawn
C
And cease to keep on
G
Keepin on
G
You cut the tree
F
That grew the
fruit
C
If I were you
brother man
G
I’d salt them
roots
[Out-Chorus]
G
And I’m sorry
F
I’m sorry
C
I feel so
G
goddam bad
G
I’m sorry
D
I’m sorry
I’m the worse
C
thing ya ever
G
had
G
I’m sorry
F
I’m sorry
C
I feel so
G
goddam bad
G
I’m sorry
D
I’m sorry
I’m the worse
C G
thing ya ever had