A Sadness runs through him – The Hoosiers
[Intro]
Bm F#m/A G A/D Bm F#m/A G Em
[Verse 1]
Bm F#m/A G A/D
People are puppets, held together with string.
Bm F#m/A G A/D
There's a beautiful sadness that runs through him,
Bm F#m/A G A/D
as he asked me to pray to the god he doesn't
Bm F#m/A G Em
believe in.
[Verse 2]
Bm F#m/C# G A/D
Time and again boys race to be men:
Bm F#m/C# G A
impatient they start, fearful at end.
Bm F#m/C# G A/D
But here was a man mourning tomorrow.
Bm F#m/C# G A
He drank, but finally drowned in his sorrow.
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Bm Em D F#m
He could not break surface tension.
Bm Em D F#m
He looked in the wrong place for redemption.
[Chorus 1]
G A Bm D D/F# G
Don't look at me with those eyes;
A Bm D D/A G
i tried to anaesthet---ize:
A D G G Em
turn back the time that drew him.
Em G G
But he couldn't be saved: a sadness runs
Bm F#m/A G G
through him,
Bm F#m/A G G
through him.
[Verse 2 - repetition]
Bm F#m/C# G A/D
Time and again boys race to be men:
Bm F#m/C# G A
impatient they start, fearful at end.
Bm F#m/C# G A/D
But here was a man mourning tomorrow.
Bm F#m/C# G A
He drank, but finally drowned in his sorrow.
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Bm Em D F#m
He could not break surface tension.
Bm Em D F#m
He looked in the wrong place for redemption.
[Chorus 2]
G A Bm D D/F# G
Don't look at me with those eyes;
A Bm D D/A G
i tried to anasathet---ize:
A D G G Em
turn back the time that drew him.
Em G G
But he couldn't be saved: a sadness runs
Bm F#m/A G G
through him,
Bm F#m/A G G F#7 F#7
through him.
G Em F#7 F#7
Don't look
G Em F#7 F#7 D G G
Don't look
Em Em F#7 F#7
Don't...Don't
[Chorus 3]
G A Bm F#m D G
Don't look at me with those eyes;
A Bm D G
i tried to anaesthetize:
A D G G
turn back the time that drew him.
Em Em G G
But he couldn't be saved, no-o
Em G
he couldn't be saved:
[Outro]
Bm F#m/A G
sadness runs through him,
G Bm F#m/A G
sadness runs through him
G Bm F#m/A G
sadness runs through him
G Bm F#m/A G
sadness runs through him
G Bm Bm Bm
sadness runs through him
