Fellow Traveller (CHORDS) by John K. Samson
[Verse 1]~
F
Rain for the last day that I will be known
D C Bb
The way that I want them to know me
F
Rain for reporters' predictable leads
D C Bb
On the darkening stain of my name
[Pre-Chorus 1]~
G Bb F C
Rain like the morning you left with the international brigade
G Bb F
A streak of your face at the glass when the train pulled away
[Chorus 1]~
Bb/D C/E F Bb
The aspidistra that refused to die
Bb/D C/E F Bb
A miniature camera in a Cambridge tie
Bb C F Bb
To get that Soviet control to crack a smile
Bb C F
All in our file,.. my fellow traveler
[Verse 2]~
F
Sleep for the telephone's silent receiver
D C Bb
On its beetle-black back in the hall
F
Sleep for the bottle that rolled off my desk
D C Bb
Danced itself out on the floor
[Pre-Chorus 2]~
G Bb F C
Sleep for the overturned ashtray splayed across an unmade bed
G Bb F
While I interrogate every word that I ever said
[Chorus 2]~
Bb/D C/E F Bb
I fall from buildings into angry air
Bb/D C/E F Bb
Lecture my students in my underwear
Bb C F Bb
But once I was allowed to dream of you instead
Bb C F
My dear defected fellow traveler
[Bridge]~
G
How you booked your final passage
A
With a passport that you paid for with a pair of roller skates
Bb
How you dyed your hair and mustache
C
Put on a mid-Atlantic accent but you couldn't stop the shakes
G
When they asked where you had come from
A
And you muttered,.. "That's a good one"
Bb
Though you were never really certain
[Chorus 3]~
Bb/D C/E F Bb
Every umbrella down on Portman Square
Bb/D C/E F Bb
Opens and closes to arraign our fair
Bb C F Bb
Theory of something I can't picture anymore
Bb C G A
A forgery for my fellow traveler
[Outro]~
Bb C
I won't wait to see
A C/E
I still I believe in you and me
F
My fellow traveler
F
Rain for the last day that I will be known
D C Bb
The way that I want them to know me
F
Rain for reporters' predictable leads
D C Bb
On the darkening stain of my name
[Pre-Chorus 1]~
G Bb F C
Rain like the morning you left with the international brigade
G Bb F
A streak of your face at the glass when the train pulled away
[Chorus 1]~
Bb/D C/E F Bb
The aspidistra that refused to die
Bb/D C/E F Bb
A miniature camera in a Cambridge tie
Bb C F Bb
To get that Soviet control to crack a smile
Bb C F
All in our file,.. my fellow traveler
[Verse 2]~
F
Sleep for the telephone's silent receiver
D C Bb
On its beetle-black back in the hall
F
Sleep for the bottle that rolled off my desk
D C Bb
Danced itself out on the floor
[Pre-Chorus 2]~
G Bb F C
Sleep for the overturned ashtray splayed across an unmade bed
G Bb F
While I interrogate every word that I ever said
[Chorus 2]~
Bb/D C/E F Bb
I fall from buildings into angry air
Bb/D C/E F Bb
Lecture my students in my underwear
Bb C F Bb
But once I was allowed to dream of you instead
Bb C F
My dear defected fellow traveler
[Bridge]~
G
How you booked your final passage
A
With a passport that you paid for with a pair of roller skates
Bb
How you dyed your hair and mustache
C
Put on a mid-Atlantic accent but you couldn't stop the shakes
G
When they asked where you had come from
A
And you muttered,.. "That's a good one"
Bb
Though you were never really certain
[Chorus 3]~
Bb/D C/E F Bb
Every umbrella down on Portman Square
Bb/D C/E F Bb
Opens and closes to arraign our fair
Bb C F Bb
Theory of something I can't picture anymore
Bb C G A
A forgery for my fellow traveler
[Outro]~
Bb C
I won't wait to see
A C/E
I still I believe in you and me
F
My fellow traveler
