Intro
| C#m | % |
VERSE
C#m
On a hill, inside a house in Covewell Reach
C#m B
Stands a man who's feeling very tired
E D#
Looking at a song he wrote some time ago
G#m F#
Could have made it big inside a Broadway show
VERSE
C#m
Every day I go away and find ideas
C#m B
Think I'll climb on top of somewhere high
E D#
Couldn't I write a song about a man who's dead?
G#m F#
Didn't really know if he was off his head
CHORUS
F# D# G#m F
Ev'rybody knows, that's the way it goes
F# D#
Too bad for Gilbert Green
B G# C#m
Now we can tell the world that he was right
INTERLUDE
| C#m | % |
VERSE
C#m
Sitting in his attic on a sunny day
C#m B
Mending fifty goblets that are worn
E D#
Humming to himself a song of yesteryear
G#m F#
His hearing wasn't good but his eyes were clear
CHORUS
F# D# G#m F
Ev'rybody knows, that's the way it goes
F# D#
Too bad for Gilbert Green
B G# C#m
Now we can tell the world that he was right
INTERLUDE
| C#m | % |
VERSE
C#m
Now the house is burnt, along with Gilbert Green
C#m B
Sad to see his sisters stand and cry
E D#
And in the basement lies a song that wasn't seen
G#m F#
Tells the tale of laughing men and yellow beans
CHORUS
F# D# G#m F
Ev'rybody knows, that's the way it goes
F# D#
Too bad for Gilbert Green
B G# C#5
Now we can tell the world that he was right
CODA
| C# | % | C#sus4 C# C#sus4 C# |
| C# | D#m | C# | D#m |
| F# | % | D#m D#m/D | D#m/C# D#m/C |
| F# | G# | C# |
| C# | A# | D#m | G# |
(fade out)