E|E|-------------------------------------------------------|| To match tuning, use the first portion of the following live performance that shows John tuning his guitar: E|E|-------------------------------------------------------|| Verse Pre-Chorus Chorus Bridge Outro E|----------| ---------- ------------ ---------- ----------- F 079xxx G 225xxx Bb/D 552xxx G 225xxx Bb 555xxx D 999xxx Bb 555xxx C/E 774xxx A 445xxx C 777xxx C 777xxx F 079xxx F 079xxx Bb 555xxx A 445xxx Bb 555xxx C 777xxx Bb 555xxx C 777xxx C/E 774xxx C 777xxx F 079xxx [Verse 1] F Rain for the last day that I will be known D C Bb The way that I want them to know me F Rain for reporters' predictable leads D C Bb On the darkening stain of my name [Pre-Chorus 1] G Bb F C Rain like the morning you left with the international brigade G Bb F A streak of your face at the glass when the train pulled away [Chorus 1] Bb/D C/E F Bb The aspidistra that refused to die Bb/D C/E F Bb A miniature camera in a Cambridge tie Bb C F Bb To get that Soviet control to crack a smile Bb C F All in our file, my fellow traveller E|--0---0---0--0--0--|--0---0---0--0--0--|---------------|-----------------| B|--0---x---x--x--x--|--0---x---x--x--x--|---------------|-----------------| G|--x---9---10-10-10-|--x---9---10-10-10-|---------------|-----------------| D|--5---7---9--9--9--|--5---7---9--9--9--|--5-5---5-5-5--|--5/5-5---5-5-5--| x2 A|--0---0---0--0--0--|--0---0---0--0--0--|--2-2---2-2-2--|--2/5-5---5-5-5--| E|--0---0---0--0--0--|--0---0---0--0--0--|--2-2---2-2-2--|--2/5-5---5-5-5--| Ooh ooh ooh-ooh [Verse 2] F Sleep for the telephone's silent receiver D C Bb On its beetle-black back in the hall F Sleep for the bottle that rolled off my desk D C Bb Danced itself out on the floor [Pre-Chorus 2] G Bb F C Sleep for the overturned ashtray splayed across an unmade bed G Bb F While I interrogate every word that I ever said [Chorus 2] Bb/D C/E F Bb I fall from buildings into angry air Bb/D C/E F Bb Lecture my students in my underwear Bb C F Bb But once I was allowed to dream of you instead Bb C F My dear defected fellow traveller E|--0---0---0--0--0--|--0---0---0--0--0--|---------------|-----------------| B|--0---x---x--x--x--|--0---x---x--x--x--|---------------|-----------------| G|--x---9---10-10-10-|--x---9---10-10-10-|---------------|-----------------| D|--5---7---9--9--9--|--5---7---9--9--9--|--5-5---5-5-5--|--5/5-5---5-5-5--| A|--0---0---0--0--0--|--0---0---0--0--0--|--2-2---2-2-2--|--2/5-5---5-5-5--| E|--0---0---0--0--0--|--0---0---0--0--0--|--2-2---2-2-2--|--2/5-5---5-5-5--| Ooh ooh ooh-ooh [Bridge] G How you booked your final passage A With a passport that you paid for with a pair of roller skates Bb How you dyed your hair and mustache C Put on a mid-Atlantic accent but you couldn't stop the shakes G When they asked where you had come from A And you muttered, "That's a good one" Bb Though you were never really certain [Chorus 3] Bb/D C/E F Bb Every umbrella down on Portman Square Bb/D C/E F Bb Opens and closes to arraign our fair Bb C F Bb Theory of something I can't picture anymore Bb C G A A forgery for my fellow traveller [Outro] Bb C I won't wait to see A C/E I still I believe in you and me F My fellow traveller