Do Not Go Gently

VERSE 1 G Em Am To the bar he goes in his half grown beard C and his workman's clothes G Em Am Till closing time he will sit and think of the things C D that he did in his prime C Em Am When his hair was longer, and his ideals were stronger C D before he let things pass C D C G When he thought he was the voice of the working class C D C G he really thought he was the voice of the working class VERSE 2 But the years rolled by and they took their toll one grows tired and one grows old looks for a temporary situation might as well wait for his superanuation Now he hardly thinks of a manuscript he wrote he sits and drinks in a Fitzroy pub and refuses to admit that he has missed the boat He refuses to admit that he has missed the boat BRIDGE G C D C G C D C But Oh! the memories, of wild nights spent in Carlton bars G C D C G C D C And oh the tales he tells, of dexydrin and borrowed cars G C D C G His hands they shake, his eyes they glaze C D C G He exaggerates his Whitlam days C D C G We all grow old, we all get fat C D C D Pray to God we don't all go like that VERSE 3 As the night rolls on and it's getting late So it's off home to house he hates For the restless sleep on the clean white sheets and the morning when his head will ache just it time to catch a train and start the whole thing fresh again But is fresh the word you'd use? Not much to win, much too much to lose CHORUS (chords as bridge) Do not go gently, do not go sad Do not go gently, do not go sad Do not go gently, do not go sad Do not go gently, do not go sad REPEAT Transcribed by Simon Whitaker simonj@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au