Walt Graces Submarine Test January 1967

walt grace’s submarine test , january 1967 buck john mayer chords capo 6 C F walt grace , desperately hating his whole place Am dreamed to discover a new space F and buried himself alive C F inside his basement , tongue on the side of his face meant Am he’s working away on displacement F and what it would take to survive F Am G F ’cause when you’re done with this world Am G you know the next is up to you C F G and his wife told his kids he was crazy C F G and his friends said he’d fail if he tried C F but with a will to work hard Am D and a library card F G C he took a homemade , fan - blade , one - man submarine ride C F that morning , the sea was mad and i mean it Am waves as big as he’d seen it F deep in his dreams at home C from dry land F he rolled it over to wet sand Am closed the hatch up with one hand F and peddled off alone F Am G F ’cause when you’re done with this world Am G you know the next is up to you C F G and for once in his life it was quiet C F G as he learned how to turn in the tide C F and the sky was a flare Am D when he came up for air F G C in his homemade , fan - blade , one - man submarine ride C one evening F when weeks had passed since his leaving Am the call she’d planned on receiving F finally made it home C she accepted F the news she’d never expected Am the operator connected F a call from tokyo F Am G F ’cause when you’re done with this world Am G you know the next is up to you C now his friends F G bring him up when they’re drinking C F G at the bar with his name on the side C F and they smile when they can Am D as they speak of a man F G C who took a homemade , fan - blade , one - man submarine ride