Pearly Little Red Chords & Lyrics - Gordon Bok

[INTRO]
[G] [C] [G] [D]
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[G] [D] [G]

[VERSE]
Down in the [C]dark and the [G]doom of the [C]city
There's a [G]monstrous old gathering [D]hall
And a [C]man there making a [G]windy long [Em]speech
To the [C]lords and ladies [D]all

[VERSE]
[G]Fifteen thousand, [C]twenty thousand [G]people
[C]Milling and murmuring [D]there
"And [Em]this ain't the [D]place," says [C]I to my[G]self
"For a [C]fellow that [D]needs the fresh [G]air" [D]

[VERSE]
So I [G]asked for directions to [Em]get me ou[G]tside
And I [C]followed them all for [D]sure
And I [Em]ended up [D]down, ten [C]floors under[G]ground
And I [C]never saw an [D]exit do[G]or [D]

[VERSE]
The [G]first live soul I [Em]saw was a po[G]liceman
He was [C]long, he was leaning on a [D]rail
I says "[Em]I'll get to [D]him be[C]fore he sees [G]me
And [C]ferries me off to the [D]jail"

[VERSE]
So I [G]ease myself up on his [Em]starboard [G]quarter
I says "Ex[C]cuse me, your honour, for [D]sure
But if [Em]you've got a [D]minute and [C]nothing to [G]do
Could you [C]head me [D]out toward the [G]air?" [D]

[VERSE]
Well, he [G]pointed his finger back [Em]over me [G]shoulder
And [C]I peered away through the [D]gloom
And [Em]there, sure e[D]nough, was an [C]exit [G]sign
[C]Bright as the crack of [D]doom [D7]

[VERSE]
Well, I [G]thanked him as nicely as [C]ever I [G]knew
And I [Em]eased my way toward the [D]door
But he [Em]fell into [D]step with me, [C]right along[G]side
I could [C]hear his [D]heels on the [G]floor [D]

[VERSE]
Well, he [G]smiled like the sharks out off [Em]Little Green [G]Island
He had [C]teeth all over his [D]face
He says, "You [Em]know there's [D]folks'd give an [C]arm and a [G]leg
[C]Just to get inside this [D]place"

[VERSE]
"Oh [G]boy!" thinks I, "I've got my [C]foot in it [G]now
I [C]never should have come to this [D]town"
And [Em]I don't [D]know what I'm [C]doin' here [G]now
But I'm [C]sure I'm [D]doin' it [G]wrong [D]

[VERSE]
He says, "There's [G]people travel all [Em]over the [G]country
[C]Just to come and see this [D]thing
But if [Em]I know your [D]type, you'd rather [C]sit around [G]home
And [C]listen to [D]Little Red [G]sing"

[VERSE]
"Little Red," I said, "I'll be [C]damned," I [G]said
"I got a [C]friend by that name back [D]home"
And he [Em]smiles and says, "[D]Look, in [C]this crazy [G]world
You got to [C]call them like they [D]come"

[VERSE]
"And [G]I can tell a Maine man [Em]any-damn-[G]where
I can [C]tell him by his [D]tongue
And [Em]you ain't that [D]far from the [C]exit do[G]or
But you're a [C]damn long [D]way from [G]home" [D] [G]

[VERSE]
Well, he laughs till the echoes [Em]laugh a[G]gain
He says "O[C]kay, hold out your [D]paws"
So I [Em]closed my [D]eyes, and I [C]held out my [G]hands
Like my [C]fingers were breaking the [D]laws

[VERSE]
And there was [G]blueberries, [C]blackberries
[G]Tumbled into my [D]hand
[C]Rosehips bright with the [G]smell of the [Em]night
From [C]off of the summer [D]land

[VERSE]
He says, "[G]Little sister stayed [C]home on the island
She [G]visits us now and a[D]gain [C]
Brings us all she can [G]pick from the [Em]hills
And it [C]sure does taste like [D]home"

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[G] [C] [G] [D]
[D] [G] [D] [G]

[VERSE]
[G]Well, we stood in the darkness chomping them berries
[C]Eating them our of our [D]hand
And my [Em]heart went a[D]way to the [C]rocks and the [G]bays
And my [C]friends in that lonesome [D]land

[VERSE]
He says "[G]Tell me, [C]speaking of our mutual [G]friend
How that [C]tough little fast picking [D]fool
Can [Em]find his way [D]through the [C]brambles and [G]rocks
Of a [C]homesick Maine man's [D]soul"

[VERSE]
"Ah, but I [G]guess he knows when the [Em]days get too [G]long
And the [C]morning comes too [D]soon
There's [Em]nothing will [D]knock off the [C]edge of your [G]troubles
Like [C]picking an [D]old-time [G]tune"

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[C] [G] [D] [G]

[VERSE]
Well, he stowed the empty bag a[Em]way in his [G]pocket
[C]Turned on his heel to [D]go
And he [Em]says, "Well, good [D]luck, and if you [C]see Little [G]Red
Tell him[C] Pearly [D]says 'Hel[G]lo'"

[OUTRO]
[C] [G] [D] [G]