Received: from animal-farm.nevada.edu by redrock.nevada.edu (5.65c/M1.4) with SMTP id <AA19288>; Tue, 12 Jan 1993 06:46:02 -0800 Received: from csd4.csd.uwm.edu by animal-farm.nevada.edu id <AA21895@animal-farm.nevada.edu>; Tue, 12 Jan 1993 06:45:58 -0800 Received: by csd4.csd.uwm.edu; id AA03742; Tue, 12 Jan 93 08:45:56 -0600 Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 08:45:56 -0600 From: Scott A. Yanoff <yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu> Message-Id: <9301121445.AA03742@csd4.csd.uwm.edu> To: jamesb@nevada.edu Subject: Down Easters ALexa (Billy Joel) Article 852 of rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature: Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Path: uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wupost!eclnews!cec2!lsh1 From: lsh1@cec2.wustl.edu (Lara S. Hughes) Subject: The Downeaster Alexa - Billy Joel Message-ID: <1993Jan5.234243.28033@wuecl.wustl.edu> Sender: usenet@wuecl.wustl.edu (News Administrator) Nntp-Posting-Host: cec2 Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 23:42:43 GMT Lines: 66 THE DOWNEASTER "ALEXA" Intro: |Am G|Am |Am G|Am |

Well I'm ^Con the Down^Geaster Ale^Amxa And I'm ^Ccruising through ^GBlock Island So^Fund. I have ^Fchartered a ^Ccourse to the Vin^Dmeyard. But tonig^Cht I am ^GNantucket bound^F. ^C ^F

We took on ^Gdiesel back in ^C/EMontauk yesterday, ^F And left this ^Gmorning from the be^Amll in Gardiner's Bay^G/B. ^F Like all the l^Gocals here I've ^C/Ehad to sell my h^Fome, Too proud to ^Gleave, I worked my ^Amfingers to the bon^G/Be

So I could own my Downeaster Alexa, And I go where the ocean is deep. There are giants out there in the canyons. And a good captain can't fall asleep. I got bills to pay and children who need clothes. I know there's fish out there but where, God only knows. They say these waters aren't what they used to be. But I've got people back on land who count on me. So when you see my Downeaster Alexa, And if you work with the rod and the reel, Tell my wife I am trolling Atlantis, And I still have my hands on the wheel. Instrumental Bridge: |Am G|Am |Am G|Am | |Em | | | | |Am | | | | Now I drive my Downeaster Alexa More and more miles from shore ev'ry year, Since they told me I can't sell no stripers. And there's no luck in sword fishing here. I was a bayman like my father was before. Can't make a living as a bayman anymore. There ain't much future for a man who works the sea. But there ain't no island left for islanders like me.

Ya, ya, ya^C ^G yo ^Am Ya, ya, ya^C ^G yo ^Am Ya, ya, ya^C ^G yo ^Am Ya, ya, ya^C ^G yo ^Am

-- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~Lara Hughes lsh1@cec2.wustl.edu ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ You mean... you'll put down your rock, and I'll | Someday we'll find it, the put down my sword, and we'll try to kill each | Rainbow Connection, the other like civilized people' -The Princess Bride| lovers, the dreamers, and me.