Written by Patty Griffin
Standard Tuning Capo on the 4th fret Intro: C G D C x 3 C G D E A x 4 E A I went back to Boston E A Back to the city you were lost in E A I went back to the place E A Without your face in the stone E A Walked around Harvard Square E A The runaway kids are still hanging out there E And I took the red line A E A All the way across the River Charles C G Some things try and try D C But they never fly, and they never fly C G You reach up from the waves D C E A E A And find that you're only waving goodbye E A Went walking in Boston E A Over a bridge I used to walk on E I was looking for my heart A E A That I'd flung into that sea of stone E A Boston said, you need not apply E A For your license to fly E A Hey, young lady, don't look so surprised E A You know you're not alone C G Some things try and try D C But they never fly, and they never fly C G You reach up from the waves D C E A E A And find that you're only waving goodbye C G D C C G D (C) E (A) It was Memorial Day E (A) I went to where you lay E There were thousands of people (A) E (A) Just like you in a giant graveyard E A You came all of that way E A Looking for the sky, you got a slap in the face E A You had a desperate need to be loved E You just got put in that place A You better know your place, boy C G Some things try and try D C But they never fly, and they never fly C G You reach up from the waves D C E A E A And find that you're only waving goodbye E A Only waving E A You're only waving E A You're only waving E A C G D C C G D (C) You're only waving goodbye