CHORDS: The Floating Men – The Gathering Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are the chords for The Gathering by The Floating Men on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard
[Intro]
C  Dm7  G C

[Verse 1]
              Dm7   G
Shake off the highway and
         C
put your things away
             Dm7  G
Come share a bottle in
    C            C7
the evening shade
            F   Fm
Bow to the ladies and thank
    C              C/B   Am7
our gracious hosts
                 Dm7
Tonight we'll go riding out
 G          C
looking for Yesterday's Ghost

[Verse 2]
              Dm7   G
I've been in hiding since
    C
the last day of fall
             Dm7  G
Looks like another has
    C     C7
been kind to us all
            F   Fm
Maybe a kind year is just what
  C            C/B    Am7
I needed most
                  Dm7               G
To drag these old bones out of bed and
                  C
come looking for Yesterday's Ghost

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[Chorus]
Dm7              G
Slow moving cars in a row
C     C/B        Am
Frozen in time
Dm7
Raise your hands if
               G
you believe in ghosts
     E   E7     F          Fm
That rise and walk the night in
        C    C/B    Am7
a tall stand of pines
         Dm7              G
Forever young and free to wander
                C
a tall stand of pines

[Verse 3]
                 Dm7  G
So clear off the table and
          C
tuck the children in
             Dm7  G        C
Warm up your coffee and gather
                  C7
round me friends
              F  Fm
Dust off your manhood and
          C        C/B    Am7
kiss the girls goodnight
              Dm7     G
Watch all the shadows dance
       C
out at the edge of the light

[Verse 4]
                   Dm7   G
We'll shut off our engines out
     C
in a moonless grove
             Dm7
Roll all the windows down
G   C           C7
and listen close
                    F   Fm
If you think you hear voices or
    C                C/B    Am7
see distant cigarettes glow
                 Dm7             G
Let your eyes adjust to the night and
              C
you might see Yesterday's Ghost

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[Chorus]
Dm7         G
Slow moving cars in a row
C     C/B    Am
Frozen in time
Dm7                       G
Raise your hands if you believe
in ghosts
     E   Am7 G     F           Fm
That rise     and walk the night
         C    C/B    Am7
in a tall stand of pines
        Dm7               G
Forever young and free to wander
               C
a tall stand of pines

[Instrumental]
C   Dm7     G   C   C/B Am   G   C

[Verse 5]
              Dm7            G
Here's hoping the coming year
   C
is kind to us all
               Dm7  G
I go back into hiding on
    C                C7
the last day of fall
               F   Fm
You settle for wisdom when time
       C                C/B    Am7
steals your boyhood away
                 Dm7          G
But I'd be a thousand year fool
       C
to be nineteen for one day

[Chorus]
Dm7         G
Slow moving cars in a row
C   C/B    Am
Frozen in time
Dm7                          G
Raise your hands if you believe
in ghosts
     E   Am7 G     F
That rise      and touch our
     Fm         C    C/B    Am7
lives in a tall stand of pines
        Dm7               G
Forever young and free to wander
                E     Am7  G
a tall stand of pines
        F   Fm
Til we meet again in
           C       C/B    Am7
the shade of pine
        Dm7               G
Forever young and free to wander
                C     Dm7  G  C
a tall stand of pines