[Intro]
| Fmaj7 | Am7 | G5 | Fmaj7 |
| Am7 | C | G5 |
| Fmaj7 | Am7 | G5 | Fmaj7
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[Strophe]
        Am7              C          
Well, I met him in Minnesota. He was
 G               F 
 dark and overcast, 
Well, I met him in Minnesota. He was dark and overcast, 
     Am7                 C 
with long grey hair and eyes that
 stared 
with long grey hair and eyes that stared 
G 
through me like I was glass. 
F                       Am7 
I asked, "Where are you going to?" 
   G                            
He said, "I'm the wind, I'm just
 F 
 blowin' through". 
He said, "I'm the wind, I'm just blowin' through". 
     Am7                     C      
Then he lit up a cigarette and began
        G* 
 to talk: 
Then he lit up a cigarette and began to talk: 
         Am7                    C 
"See the doctors told me that my body
 won't hold me, 
"See the doctors told me that my body won't hold me, 
   G                      F 
my lungs are turning black. 
     Am7                        C 
Been Lucky Strike's fool since I was
 at school, 
Been Lucky Strike's fool since I was at school, 
           G 
now there ain't no turning back. 
     F                 Am7           
They can't tell me how long I've got,
 G                         F 
 maybe months, but maybe not. 
They can't tell me how long I've got, maybe months, but maybe not. 
       Am7                  C        
So I'm taking this bike and riding to
         G 
 New York.
So I'm taking this bike and riding to New York.
[Refrain]
         Dm                Am7      
'Cause I wanna see my grand-daughter
            G 
 one last time 
'Cause I wanna see my grand-daughter one last time 
        Dm                 Am7 
Want to hold her close and feel her
 tiny 
Want to hold her close and feel her tiny 
C                    G 
Heartbeat next to mine 
      Dm                   Am7 
Wanna see my son and the man he's
 become 
Wanna see my son and the man he's become 
C                           G 
Tell him I'm sorry for the things
 I've done 
Tell him I'm sorry for the things I've done 
        F                   Am7   G 
And I'd do it if I had to walk 
        F                    G     
Oh, I'm taking this bike and riding
             Am7 
 to New York
Oh, I'm taking this bike and riding to New York
[Strophe]
            Am7            C     
Through the forests of Wisconsin,
      G             F 
 that I knew as a boy 
Through the forests of Wisconsin, that I knew as a boy 
           Am7          C          
Past the skyline of Chicago, 'round
      G 
 the lakes of Illinois 
Past the skyline of Chicago, 'round the lakes of Illinois 
F                  Am7 
I lay my head in a motel bed 
         G                      
When my back get sore and my eyes
 F 
 turn red 
When my back get sore and my eyes turn red 
    Am7                C             
And listen to the trucks roll past my
 G 
 door 
And listen to the trucks roll past my door 
             Am7         C       
Through the fields of Ohio as the
  G                    Am7 
 sunshine paints them gold 
Through the fields of Ohio as the sunshine paints them gold 
     Am7             C          
I'll run just like a river runs,
 G 
 rapid, quick and cold 
I'll run just like a river runs, rapid, quick and cold 
F                   Am7         
Fly through Pennsylvania and the
  G               F 
 Jersey turn-pike tolls 
Fly through Pennsylvania and the Jersey turn-pike tolls 
Am7               C             G 
I won't stop 'til I get to New York
[Refrain]
         Dm             Am7        
'Cause I wanna see my grand-son one
      G 
 last time 
'Cause I wanna see my grand-son one last time 
      Dm             Am7        
Wanna see his eyes sparkling and
  C              G 
 stare back into mine 
Wanna see his eyes sparkling and stare back into mine 
       Dm                      Am7 
Now my time is short, I wanna see my
 daughter 
Now my time is short, I wanna see my daughter 
C                              G 
Tell her I'm sorry for the things I
 taught her 
Tell her I'm sorry for the things I taught her 
        F                  
And I'd do it if I had to walk
 Am7     G 
 
And I'd do it if I had to walk 
        F                       
Oh, I'm taking this bike and I'm
 G                Am7 
 riding to New York
Oh, I'm taking this bike and I'm riding to New York
[Refrain]
        Dm            Am7          
And I'd go up to the churchyard one
      G 
 last time 
And I'd go up to the churchyard one last time 
    Dm                     Am7 
Lay flowers down for the woman who
 gave me 
Lay flowers down for the woman who gave me 
    C                  G 
The best years of my life 
        F                  Am7    G 
And I'd do it if I had to walk 
          F                  Am7
Yeah, I'd do it if I had to walk
    G 
 
Yeah, I'd do it if I had to walk 
    F                    G        
I'm taking this bike and riding to
         Am7 
 New York
I'm taking this bike and riding to New York