Verso 1: 
E                                Esus4 
Hey Jack Kerouac I think of your mother 
        G#m7                               Asus2 
And the tears she cried She cried for none other 
E                                           Esus4 
Than her little boy lost in our little world that hated 
         G#m7 
And that dared to drag him down 
                 Asus2 
Her little boy courageous 

 A 
Who chose his words from mouths of 
B 
Babes got lost in the woods 
A 
Hipflask slingin madmen 
B 
Steamin cafe flirts 
A 
They all spoke through you 

Verso 2: 
E                           Esus4 
Hey Jack now for the tricky part 
        G#m7                       Asus2 
When you where the brightest star Who were the shadow 
E                                 Esus4 
Of the San Francisco beat boys You were their favorite 
       G#m7 
Now they sit and rattle their bones 
            Asus2 
And think of their bloodstone days 

A 
You chose your words from mouths of 
B 
Babes got lost in the woods 
A 
The hipflask slining madmen 
B 
steamin cafe flirts 
A 
In Chinatown, howling at night 

( B   E ) (3x) 

( Asus2 ) 

Verso 3: 
E                        Esus4 
Allen baby, why so jaded 
      G#m7                            Asus2 
Have the boys all grown up   And their music faded 
E                                 Esus4 
Billy, what a saint they've made you 
         G#m7 
Just like Mary down in Mexico 
         Asus2 
On all souls day 

A 
You chose your words from mouths of 
B 
Babes lost in the woods 
A 
Cool junk booting madmen 
B 
Steet minded girls 
A 
In Harlem howling at night 

( B   E ) (3x) 

( Asus2 ) 

Verso 4: 
Asus2 
What a tear stained 
                E 
shock of the world 
            D6 
You've gone away without sayin 
Asus2         F 
Saying    goodbye