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Augie March – Just Passing Through
Capo 2 (Glenn Richards does like that capo 2)
Standard Tuning
INTRO
G--Em--G--Em--G--Em--C--Am-Em-
 GAt ten o'clock is when I Emrise from my grave 
 GAnd cast my eyes over the Emideas that I couldn't save 
 GBecome regret and break Emupon me now wave after wave 
 CBid me remember Amwhat I Emdone 
 GA strange appeal is in the Emmagazine zodiac 
 GWhat inspiration are the Emwomen of the dog track 
 GNow there's a wheel and there's a Emwell and there's a big rack 
 CThe perfumed killers Amfrom the Emnorth 
 CCollect each SaturAmday to Embrood and sally forth 
 CI don't know enough to Emknow not to show it 
 Or Ctell it like I know more Em  
 CI'm sorry, baby, but your Emroving poet's 
 Just a Cbank balance AmtroubaEmdour 
 Who Ccan't sing the song AmanyEmmore 
C----Em----C----Em----
 GAt ten o'clock is when you Emopen up your apple eyes 
 GAnd drink a cup into the Emone of earth the other skies 
 GAnd out your mouth a tiny Emburst of tiny baby cries 
 COh where, oh where, oh Amwhere did Emyou get into to? 
 GA strange appeal unto a Empocket where a body lay 
 GI saw a dream of such a Emcouple only yesterday 
 GWhen the one did leave the Emother went to war Enola Gay 
 CShe had a halo, Amwas a Emheroine 
 CShe had a halo, Amwas a Emheroine 
 CWell, I know I'm not Emloathe to show it 
 CI smile like a bandsaw Em  
 CI'm sorry, darling, but your Emroving poet's 
 Just a Cfootloose Amman-Emwhore 
 Who Ccan't talk the talk AmanyEmmore 
 CWe're just passing Emthrough 
 CJust passing Emthrough 
 GAt ten o'clock is when I Emrise from my grave 
 GAnd cast my eyes over the Emideas that I couldn't save 
 GBecome regret and break Emupon me now wave after wave 
 CBid me remember Amwhat I Emdone 
 When Gtime doesn't tear you pay a Emfee to make it rip 
 The Gditch witch, the back hoe, the Embobcat, the tip 
 GSoil from the hillock spilling Emover on that solemn lip 
 CIt covers up the Amcedar Emmirror 
 Do you Cever see your weakness Amany Emclearer? 
 CWe were winding up the Emroad to the site 
 With the Cwindows down and the Emcigarettes alight 
 CSinging some rubbish about, "EmMy soul's alright" 
 CI didn't know what AmI could Emdo 
[repeat x2]
It's just Cyou and I, some other Amguy, forEmever passing through.
 CWe're just passing Emthrough 
 (Like a gall stone) 
 CJust passing Emthrough 
 (Like a rat through a snake) 
 CJust passing Emthrough 
 (Little rubbish through a rake) 
 CJust passing Emthrough 
D--C--
[Incomprehensible] 
C--Em-- [repeat as necessary]

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Just Passing Through

by Augie March

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Augie March – Just Passing Through

Capo 2 (Glenn Richards does like that capo 2)

Standard Tuning

INTRO

G Em G Em G Em C Am Em

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G Em

At ten o'clock is when I rise from my grave

G Em

And cast my eyes over the ideas that I couldn't save

G Em

Become regret and break upon me now wave after wave

C Am Em

Bid me remember what I done

G Em

A strange appeal is in the magazine zodiac

G Em

What inspiration are the women of the dog track

G Em

Now there's a wheel and there's a well and there's a big rack

C Am Em

The perfumed killers from the north

C Am Em

Collect each Saturday to brood and sally forth

C Em

I don't know enough to know not to show it

C Em

Or tell it like I know more

C Em

I'm sorry, baby, but your roving poet's

C Am Em

Just a bank balance troubadour

C Am Em

Who can't sing the song anymore

C Em C Em

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G Em

At ten o'clock is when you open up your apple eyes

G Em

And drink a cup into the one of earth the other skies

G Em

And out your mouth a tiny burst of tiny baby cries

C Am Em

Oh where, oh where, oh where did you get into to?

G Em

A strange appeal unto a pocket where a body lay

G Em

I saw a dream of such a couple only yesterday

G Em

When the one did leave the other went to war Enola Gay

C Am Em

She had a halo, was a heroine

C Am Em

She had a halo, was a heroine

C Em

Well, I know I'm not loathe to show it

C Em

I smile like a bandsaw

C Em

I'm sorry, darling, but your roving poet's

C Am Em

Just a footloose man-whore

C Am Em

Who can't talk the talk anymore

C Em

We're just passing through

C Em

Just passing through

G Em

At ten o'clock is when I rise from my grave

G Em

And cast my eyes over the ideas that I couldn't save

G Em

Become regret and break upon me now wave after wave

C Am Em

Bid me remember what I done

G Em

When time doesn't tear you pay a fee to make it rip

G Em

The ditch witch, the back hoe, the bobcat, the tip

G Em

Soil from the hillock spilling over on that solemn lip

C Am Em

It covers up the cedar mirror

C Am Em

Do you ever see your weakness any clearer?

C Em

We were winding up the road to the site

C Em

With the windows down and the cigarettes alight

C Em

Singing some rubbish about, "My soul's alright"

C Am Em

I didn't know what I could do

[repeat x2]

C Am Em

It's just you and I, some other guy, forever passing through.

C Em

We're just passing through

(Like a gall stone)

C Em

Just passing through

(Like a rat through a snake)

C Em

Just passing through

(Little rubbish through a rake)

C Em

Just passing through

D--C--

[Incomprehensible]

C--Em-- [repeat as necessary]

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