Poughkeepsie Chords

Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

  G tacet]

 I thought I'd go G up Poughkeepsie look out C o'er the Hudson and I'd

G throw my body down on the D river. And I'd G know no more sorrow

 I'd fly C like the sparrow and I'd ride G on the backs of the D

 angels G tonight.

Chorus

 I'd ride D on the backs of the C angels toGnight

 I'd take D to the sky with all C of my G might

G No more drowning in my sorrows, no more drowning in my C fright

 I'd just ride G on the backs of the D angels toGnight

C

 There are G those who know sorrow and C those who must borrow

 and those G whose lot in life is D sweet. Well I'm G drunk on

 self-pity, scorned C all that's been given me, I would G drink

 from a bottle labeled D Sure DeGfeat.

repeat chorus

C

 Then the G skies they fell open and C my eyes were opened to a

G world of hope falling at my D feet. Now I've G no more or less

 than C anyone else has, what I G have is a gift of life I D

 can't reGpeat.

 So I G go up Poughkeepsie look out C o'er the Hudson and I

G cast my worries to the D sky. Now I G still know sorrow but I

 can fly C like the sparrow cause I ride G on the backs of

 the D angels G tonight.