Verso 1: E Esus4 Hey Jack Kerouac I think of your mother G#m7 Asus2 And the tears she cried She cried for none other E Esus4 Than her little boy lost in our little world that hated G#m7 And that dared to drag him down Asus2 Her little boy courageous A Who chose his words from mouths of B Babes got lost in the woods A Hipflask slingin madmen B Steamin cafe flirts A They all spoke through you Verso 2: E Esus4 Hey Jack now for the tricky part G#m7 Asus2 When you where the brightest star Who were the shadow E Esus4 Of the San Francisco beat boys You were their favorite G#m7 Now they sit and rattle their bones Asus2 And think of their bloodstone days A You chose your words from mouths of B Babes got lost in the woods A The hipflask slining madmen B steamin cafe flirts A In Chinatown, howling at night ( B E ) (3x) ( Asus2 ) Verso 3: E Esus4 Allen baby, why so jaded G#m7 Asus2 Have the boys all grown up And their music faded E Esus4 Billy, what a saint they've made you G#m7 Just like Mary down in Mexico Asus2 On all souls day A You chose your words from mouths of B Babes lost in the woods A Cool junk booting madmen B Steet minded girls A In Harlem howling at night ( B E ) (3x) ( Asus2 ) Verso 4: Asus2 What a tear stained E shock of the world D6 You've gone away without sayin Asus2 F Saying goodbye