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Subject: Down Easters ALexa (Billy Joel)
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From: lsh1@cec2.wustl.edu (Lara S. Hughes)
Subject: The Downeaster Alexa - Billy Joel
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THE DOWNEASTER ALEXA
Intro: |Am G|Am |Am G|Am |
C G Am
Well I`m on the Downeaster Alexa
C G F
And I`m cruising through Block Island Sound.
F C Dm
I have chartered a course to the Vineyard.
C G F C F
But tonight I am Nantucket bound.
G C/E F
We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday,
G Am G/B F
And left this morning from the bell in Gardiner`s Bay.
G C/E F
Like all the locals here I`ve had to sell my home,
G Am G/B
Too proud to leave, I worked my fingers to the bone
So I could own my Downeaster Alexa,
And I go where the ocean is deep.
There are giants out there in the canyons.
And a good captain can`t fall asleep.
I got bills to pay and children who need clothes.
I know there`s fish out there but where, God only knows.
They say these waters aren`t what they used to be.
But I`ve got people back on land who count on me.
So when you see my Downeaster Alexa,
And if you work with the rod and the reel,
Tell my wife I am trolling Atlantis,
And I still have my hands on the wheel.
Instrumental Bridge: |Am G|Am |Am G|Am |
|Em | | | |
|Am | | | |
Now I drive my Downeaster Alexa
More and more miles from shore ev`ry year,
Since they told me I can`t sell no stripers.
And there`s no luck in sword fishing here.
I was a bayman like my father was before.
Can`t make a living as a bayman anymore.
There ain`t much future for a man who works the sea.
But there ain`t no island left for islanders like me.
C G Am
Ya, ya, ya yo
C G Am
Ya, ya, ya yo
C G Am
Ya, ya, ya yo
C G Am
Ya, ya, ya yo
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~Lara Hughes lsh1@cec2.wustl.edu ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
You mean... you`ll put down your rock, and I`ll | Someday we`ll find it, the
put down my sword, and we`ll try to kill each | Rainbow Connection, the
other like civilized people? -The Princess Bride| lovers, the dreamers, and me.
