Flashback Blues
John PrineVersion1
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While window shopping through the past
I ran across a looking glass
Reflecting moments remaining in a burned out light
Tragic magic prayers of passion
Stay the same through changing fashions
They freeze my mind like water on a winters night
Spent most of my youth
Out hobo cruising
And all I got for proof
Is rocks in my pockets and dirt in my shoes
So goodbye nonbeliever
Dont you know that I hate to leave here
So long babe, I got the flashback blues.
(Repeat Intro)
Photographs show the laughs
Recorded in between the bad times
Happy sailors dancing on a sinking ship
Cloudy skies and dead fruit flies
Waving goodbye with tears in my eyes
Well sure I made it but ya know it was as hell of a trip.
(Repeat Chorus)
And ten times what it grieves you
Thats how much more I hate to leave you now
So long babe, I got the flashback blues.
(Repeat intro)
(Repeat chorus)
So goodbye nonbeliever
Dont you know that I hate to leave here
So long babe, I got the flashback blues.
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Readable chord sheet for Flashback Blues by John Prine
[C] [G] [C] [F] [C] [G] [C] While [C]window shopping [G]through the past I [C]ran across a [F]looking glass [C]Reflecting moments [G]remaining in a burned out [C]light [C]Tragic magic [G]prayers of passion [C]Stay the same through [F]changing fashions They [C]freeze my mind like [G]water on a winters [C]night [D]Spent most of my youth Out [G]hobo cruising [D]And all I got for proof Is [G]rocks in my pockets and dirt in my shoes So [C]goodbye non[G]believer [C]Dont you know that I [F]hate to leave here [C]So long babe, [G]I got the flashback [C]blues. (Repeat Intro) [C]Photographs [G]show the laughs [C]Recorded in bet[F]ween the bad times [C]Happy sailors [G]dancing on a sinking [C]ship [C]Cloudy skies and [G]dead fruit flies [C]Waving goodbye with [F]tears in my eyes Well [C]sure I made it but ya [G]know it was as hell of a [C]trip. (Repeat Chorus) And [C]ten times what it [G]grieves you [C]Thats how much more I [F]hate to leave you now [C]So long babe, [G]I got the flashback [C]blues. (Repeat intro) (Repeat chorus) So [C]goodbye non[G]believer Dont you [C]know that I [F]hate to leave here [C]So long babe, [G]I got the flashback [C]blues.