Pearl Jam — Off He Goes
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then
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F C
F C F C Am
Know a man… His face pulled and tense…
F C G/F Asus2 Am
Like he’s riding on a motorbike… in the strongest winds
F C F C
So I approach with tact… suggest that he should relax
F C G/F F
But he’s always moving much too fast
Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am
Said he’ll see me on the flipside… of this trip he’s taken for a ride
F C F C F C
He’s been takin’… too much on… off he goes
F C G/F Asus2 Am F C
with his perfectly un—kept clothes… there he goes
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F C Am
F C F C
He’s yet to come back… but I see his picture
F C F C Am F C
Doesn’t look the same up on the rack… we go way back
F Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am
I wonder ’bout his insides… it’s like his thoughts are too big for his size
F C F C F C
He’s been taken… Where? I don’t know… off he goes
F C G/F Asus2 Am F C
with his perfectly un—kept hope… there he goes
[repeat chorus riff]
F C F C
And now I rub my eyes… for he has returned
F C F C G/F Asus2 Am
Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned
F C
For he still smiles… and he’s still smiling
F C F C G/F Asus2 Am
Nothing’s changed but the surrounding bullshit… that has grown
F C F C
And now he’s home and we’re laughing
F C F C Am
Like we always did… my same old… same old friend
F C F C
Until a quarter to ten… I saw the strain creep in
F C F C G/F Asus2 Am
He seemed distracted and I know just what is going to hap-pen next
F C F C
Before his first step… he is off again