DD5
[Verse 1]
CG
Danny laid back and surveyed the view
CG
A king on his bench, he was cold, he was blue
CG
I asked for permission to give him a note
CG
He nodded, not movin', just scratched at his throat
[Verse 2]
CG
Always smiled slightly, seemed so bemused
CG
Like he was the one, who was glad to be used
CG
I had a sense he was playin' a part
CG
But I had to help, for he tore at my heart
[Bridge]
DC
He would walk, his feet wrapped in rags
DC
He wandered the neighborhood, carrying his bags
DC
The pride in his eyes would so clearly flash
DC
Like I was the one who needed the cash
[Chorus]
DCG
The tramps in our England, have always to walk
DCG
From Philip to Dorchester, fifteen miles strong
DCG
The tramps in our country have no where's to hug
DCG
Home hysterics give comfort, there's no time to talk
[Verse 3]
CG
Danny would lay, he'd never speak
CG
Here was a man who had attained his peak
CG
No fables to tell, and nothing held back
CG
This was a man who had led a strong path
[Verse 4]
CG
Old soldier, perhaps, or a worn, old jailbird
CG
Who'd never a hand clean and never a word
CG
For two hundred down, my project had fled
CG
Danny was gone, or may well have been dead
[Bridge]
DC
He walked slowly, no hurryin' to death
DC
Took in turn his view, with his very last breath
DC
The river, the mist and the slightly grey sky
DC
Danny was waiting, patient to die
[Chorus]
DCG
The tramps in our England, have always to walk
DCG
From Philip to Dorchester, fifteen miles strong
DCG
The tramps in our country have no where's to hug
DCG
Home hysterics give comfort, there's no time to talk
[Verse 5]
CG
Danny laid back, looked down and the plain
CG
The king on his bench with magnificent mane
CG
I asked his permission to give him a note
CG
He nodded, not movin', just scratched at his throat
[Verse 6]
DC
It's dangerous to faction as those who live rough
DC
Danny was a giant, solid and tough
DC
He allowed me to gift him and scribble this song
DCG
Without bein' draconian, he lived just as long