Hamlet and Vinegar Tom

HAMLET AND VINEGAR TOM
Maddie McGuire
(c) 2002 GirlMoon Music

(A)
Sometimes you called me a student,
(E)
Sometimes you called me a friend,
(A)
But it seems as though this time is spent,
(E)
'Cause the year always comes to an end.
(A)
Ya' know I called you a teacher,
(E)
While you called me a friend.
(A)
A memoir of our times together,
(E)
Made with only my hands.

(A)(E)
It's set in stone, but built of wood;
(A)(E)
The shows we've done - some were good.
(A)
All the work until it's done,
(E)
But the show must go on,
(A)(E)
The show must go on.

(Am)(C)
What did you say when we missed today?
(Em)(C)
If there were a way to Galway Bay,
(Am)
Would you have sailed to help my hands?
(Am)(C)
There are things I know, I can't let you go.
(Em)(C)
All of Greenwood knows what mine eyes have shown;
(Am)
The heart of a broken woman.

So free mine eyes or free my life.
Did you hear my cries back at my side?
Like, the last time my town was bombed,
I'm the good girl who's hard to find,
What I learned this time, these are friends of mine,
Good Hamlet and Vinegar Tom.

{chorus}
(Am)
I'm my drunken rage
(C)
I drove home safe.
(Em)
Sorry to scare you so.
(Am)
But, you don't know,
(C)
All that I know,
(Em)
Sorry to scare you so.

And when I'm sloshed it turns you off,
So ignore the watch and write it off,
When you read it you'll melt inside.
My heart changes beats like i change my sheets,
Not once a week like the tone of my cheek,
Not as often as I should or might.

I can be mean though my heart is green;
A truth somewhere 'tween in all the heat,
I should have said this a long time ago.
Look into my soul, do I feel this old?
But, as I told never before felt so cold,
I'm sorry I could not let you know.

{repeat chorus twice}

Note: Fast-paced and a bit rocky. Capo on the 2nd fret.