VERSE: 
F# 
He got the droop of a fatherless child 
                                                      Abm       B 
Almost imperceptible, one can’t see it with the naked eye 
      F# 
Oh but I can 

That cardboard lady in the corner store 

Her sparkle is all painted on 
                                    Abm       B 
Six no-good men took her shine and more 
                          F# 
Left her youth near Sausalito 


             Abm         B 
Oh it’s humourless and comical at once 
F#                        C# 
Always being a stranger wearing the last town’s dust 
             Abm   B     F# 
Oh it’s humourless, it’s humourless 


VERSE: 
F# 
They look me over, one up and one down 

I can tell they’re wondering who my people are 
          Abm          B 
I say I’m new in town 
                           F# 
I know it’s gonna take a while 


            Abm          B 
Oh it’s humourless and comical at once 
F#                        C# 
Always being a stranger wearing the last town’s dust 
              Abm   B    F# 
Oh it’s humourless, it’s humourless 


VERSE: 
F# 
I speculate and browse the duraflame 

Winter in the west coast cool 
                                     Ab    B 
Out by the sea where no one knows my name 
                      F# 
I’m on the road like Jack Kerouac 
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac 
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac 
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac