Topic: The Patron Saint of Lennon and McCartney
Hello again,
I'm really glad that I found this forum. Thanks for all of your comments and participation. I wrote this song a few years ago during an epic European Backpacking Expedition. All events and names have been kept 100% the same to protect the truth.
This song has lots of chord variations it it. For example, on the verse with A7, D7, G, Em7, there are plenty of hammer ons and extra notes. so it goes A7, with liberties taken on the first sting, third fret (g), etc. It's a fun, fingerpicking style. And I am aware that parts of the song are too similar to rocky raccoon. for obvious reasons.
The Patron Saint of Lennon and McCartneyMusic and Lyrics by Dan Bernhardt. But I couldn't have written it without my good friend Aiden O'Brien from Old Cork City
4/4, Allegro, Like you just ran after a train and missed it
[A7] [D7] [G] [D/F#] [Em] [Em7]
[A7]Runnin’ high in the [D7]rain
We’re gonna [G]catch this train[D/F#]from [Em]Prague to [Em7]Hungary
[A7]Tired and feelin’ the [D7]pain
I’m gonna [G]step in time [D/F#]with my [Em]friend from [Em7]Corcaigh
[A2]Up to the ticket booth
[A2] [A2/F]Ask for directions
[Bm]’I don’t speak Eng-a-lish, you [D7]stupid America-a-an!’
[G]So we missed our train, [Gm]where we gonna stay to-[D]night???
[A7]Now our options are [D7]thin
The [G]hostels are booked, [D/F#]and we’re [Em7]low on money
[A7]So we stay right where we [D7]is,
We’re gonna – [G]sing some songs [D/F#]til [Em7]tomorrow morning
[A2]Then some Moroccan comes
[A2] [A2/F] Tryin’ to sell us Ganj
[Bm]Aiden, he looks at me, he [D7]says ‘brotha, this could be fun’
[G] Moroccan says he’ll be right back, [Gm]He’s got his stash around the [D]corner
[G]But when he returns, [Em7]he’s got some friends with him,
[D]They’ve got oregano, Good [D7]God! I’m getting robbed again!
[G]But then an angel comes [D/F#]disguised as an old man
[D]He says ‘this isn’t safe, he [D7]says that we should go with him
[G]I don’t quite trust him but I know
[D/F#]If we stay we will be broke
[Em7] (hold the EM7)
So we go
[A7]Pack our bags in his [D7]car
In the [G]pouring rain [D/F#]as he [Em7]tells a story
[A7]I was a backpacker [D7]once
I have [G]seen the road [D/F#]and I [Em7]know the glory
[A7]You two remind me of [D7]me
in the [G]Good Old Days [D/F#]so [Em7]thank you kindly
[A7]I own this hotel you [D7]see
You are [G]free to stay, [D/F#]and [Em7]Good Luck in the morning
[A2]Much to our delight
[A2] [A2/F]That room was like a dream
[Bm]Two beds, a balcony, a [D7]painting of Lennon and McCartney
[G]So we smoked the herb we [Em7]got
From that sample by the [D]train
It was free and it was [D7]dank and I really can’t complain
[G]In the morning we woke [D/F#]up,
Wrote a note for the old [Em7]man
Got some coffee and went [D/F#]back to that Banhoff again
[G]We got on the train
[D/F#]smoked a cigarette
[Em7](hold the Em7)
We’re off to Budapest
Music is my savior/I was maimed by Rock and Roll/I was tamed by Rock and Roll/I got my name/From Rock and Roll
-Jeff Tweedy
-Jeff Tweedy
