Me And The Mad Girl

[Verso 1] Bm I learned in school F#m That I was mad if they were sane, you see G D They had to beat me black and blue Am F# They said it hurt them more than me Bm F# But I learned who were my enemies F#m G And I learned who were my friends D I learned to read between the lines Gm When I was 10 Instrumental G D A G D G I'd do anything to get out of school D G Away from the teacher's stick D To shoot streetlamps with my slingshot Em G Smoke cigarettes and get sick D G Steal apples in September D G Fight shadows in green June D Or just sit and smell the burning leaves Em G Of an autumns's afternoon D An autumns's afternoon [Verso 2] Bm Once I met a mad girl F#m Am As she came hopping through the furze G D Her clothes all stuck with fluff and stuff Am F# Bearded barley and bristly burrs Bm F# And I was high among the branches green F#m G And she hadn't seen me there D As she went shuffling with her shadow Gm And snatching at the air Instrumental G D A G D G Wild weeds, wilting D G Were twined all in her curls D A And I could tell by her mad blue eyes Em G She was a mad girl D G She was thin as any sparrow D G Her song it had no tune D G Just scuffling through the piney glades Em G Of a summer's afternoon D Of a summer's afternoon [Verso 3] Bm F# I came dropping through the branches down F#m Am She started round in surprise and fear G D I don't know what I had to say to her Am F# But something I knew she had to hear Bm F# She picked up a piece of flint F#m Am Drew back her arm and she flung it high G D Not a bad throw that cut my cheek Gm Just below the eye Instrumental G D A Outro D G Mad girl, mad girl D G Before you ran away D I knew you were as mad as me Em G And as sane as a summer's day D G Mad girl D G We both were wrong again D G You took me for an enemy Em G And I took you for a friend D I took you for a friend D