Greatwood Bound 4/2/2006
capo 5th
key of F - fingerpicks - C fingering, vocal starts on Bb (F fingering)

[chorus]
F C
It's a cold night in the country
G C
At 2 a.m. there's no one around
F C G
You can walk from here to Northwood

Without seeing a town
F C
Seems everyone is sleeping
F C G
Except a hungry restless hound
C F C
You may call me homeless
F G C
But I'm home when I'm Greatwood bound.

Am G
The watchman kicks my shoulder
F C
Rolls me over, "Say Goodbye"
Am G
"I'll call the cops to getcha,
F G
If I catch you one more time."

It's a cold night in the country
At 2 a.m. there's no one around
And you can walk from here to Northwood
Without seeing a town
Seems everyone is sleeping
Except a hungry restless hound
You may call me homeless
But I'm home when I'm Greatwood bound.

I'm 14 and a runaway
The students think it's cool.
They know my hiding places and
They let me steal their food.
They give me joints and cigarettes
Teach me how to dance
One step ahead of starving
One step behind a chance.

Mrs. George works in the kitchen
She knows me from before.
When I was still a cub scout
I'd hang around her husband's store.
She wakes up some mornings
Feeds me breakfast says "go to school"
"This ain't no way to grow up," she says
"But do what you gotta do."

Bridge:
Em
At night I lie here trying
Am
Not to think of food.
Em
To old to think I"m superman
Am
But I wonder what he'd do.
D (descending on the B string)
No worries for tomorrow 'cause
I know I'll make it through....