TWIN ROCKS, OREGON
Shawn Mullins

words and music by Shawn Mullins

from "Soul's Core" (SMG)
(c)1998 SMG/Shawn Mullins BMI/Sony Music Entertainment




Dadd9/F#                 G                           Dadd9/F#
Well, I met him on the cliffs of twin rocks, oregon
                      G                               Dadd9/F#
he was sittin on his bedroll lookin just like richard brautigan.
   G                                  A7sus4        {abd} Dadd9/F#
I thought he was an old man,   he wasn't    but 37.
                    G                        Dadd9/F#
he said he'd been ridin trains for 15 years
                G                               Dadd9/F#
drawin portraits to keep his belly full of beer
                 G                                A7sus4
and it looked to me like he'd died and missed the plane to heaven

{ABD} Dadd9/F#                (i.e. You get the idea... it repeats
everything)

but he was a nice ol' guy for a younger man
he had a bottle of mad dog he held in his hand
that he waved around a lot
to make his point
and I listened as he told his tales
of wine and women and county jails
and we finished off that bottle
and smoked a half a joint


REFRAIN:
         D              G               D
he said "I came here to watch the sun
                   G        Bmin
disappear into the ocean
            A
it's been years
                             G  ( Gsus4   G   {cbagab})
since I smelled this salty sea"
D              G                            D
he turned his bottle up and down
               G
and I saw him lost
                    Bmin  --   A
and I saw him found

he said "I don't know
      G         Gsus4         G            Dadd9/F#
what i've been lookin for,           maybe me..."

Verse

Well, I told him I too had been
travelin around livin out of my van
from town to town playin for tips
and whatever records I could move
I said "I don't reckon i'll be
makin it big,
you know it's hard to get rich
off a tout of coffee house gigs"
and he said "yeah, but ain't it a blessin
to do what you wanna do..."

REFRAIN

and I told him "yeah, I pulled off here
to watch the sun disappear into the ocean
`cause it's been years
since I smelled this salty sea"
and he turned his bottle up and down
he saw me lost and he saw me found
and I said
"I don't know what I've been looking for, maybe me"

Instrumental Bridge or
the Turnaround:

Dadd9/F#       G          Dadd9/F#            G       {f#}

Emin7                     A7sus4              Emin7    Cadd9    B11

Dadd9/F# ...


Verse:

I said "it's getting kind of late
better be heading down the interstate
can I give you a lift
to san francisco bay?"
he said "nope, I think I'm just
going to sit here and rest
and maybe wait on the
tokyo-montana express
I might just lay here
and dream my life away

Refrain:

i'm going to sit right here,
i'm going to watch the sun
disappear into the ocean
`cause it's been years,
it's been years
i'm gonna turn my bottle up and down
you can see my lost
and you can see my found"

final verse

I met him on the cliffs
of twin rocks, oregon
he was sitting on his bedroll
looking just like richard brautigan
just like him

source: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature

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