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From: "Tara D. Kennedy" <[email protected]>
capo 1st fret
you may want to add Am7 in C sections for variety
[ Gtacet]
I thought I'd go  Gup Poughkeepsie look out  Co'er the Hudson and I'd
 Gthrow my body down on the  Driver. And I'd  Gknow no more sorrow
I'd fly  Clike the sparrow and I'd ride  Gon the backs of the D  
angels  Gtonight.
Chorus
I'd ride  Don the backs of the  Cangels toGnight
I'd take  Dto the sky with all  Cof my  Gmight
 GNo more drowning in my sorrows, no more drowning in my  Cfright
I'd just ride  Gon the backs of the  Dangels toGnight
[C]
There are  Gthose who know sorrow and  Cthose who must borrow
and those  Gwhose lot in life is  Dsweet. Well I'm  Gdrunk on
self-pity, scorned  Call that's been given me, I would  Gdrink
from a bottle labeled  DSure DeGfeat.
repeat chorus
[C]
Then the  Gskies they fell open and  Cmy eyes were opened to a
 Gworld of hope falling at my  Dfeet. Now I've  Gno more or less
than  Canyone else has, what I  Ghave is a gift of life I D  
can't reGpeat.
So I  Ggo up Poughkeepsie look out  Co'er the Hudson and I
 Gcast my worries to the  Dsky. Now I  Gstill know sorrow but I
can fly  Clike the sparrow cause I ride  Gon the backs of
the  Dangels  Gtonight.
repeat chorus except last line is
I'll just ride  Gon the backs of the  Dangels each  Cnight
end on [G tacet]

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Poughkeepsie

by Over the Rhine

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

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From: "Tara D. Kennedy" <[email protected]>

capo 1st fret

you may want to add Am7 in C sections for variety

[ tacet]

G C

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

G D G

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

C G D

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

angels tonight.

Chorus

D C G

I'd ride on the backs of the angels tonight

D C G

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

G C

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

G D G

I'd just ride on the backs of the angels tonight

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G C

There are those who know sorrow and those who must borrow

G D G

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

C G

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

D G

from a bottle labeled Sure Defeat.

repeat chorus

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G C

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

G D G

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

C G D

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

can't repeat.

G C

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

G D G

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

C G

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

D G

the angels tonight.

repeat chorus except last line is

G D C

I'll just ride on the backs of the angels each night

end on [G tacet]

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