John Mayer Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967

tom: G Intro: G G C Walt Grace, desperately hating his whole place C Am Dreamed to discover a new space D C And buried himself alive G G C Inside his basement, tongue on the side of his face meant C Am He's working away on displacement D C And what it would take to survive Am Em D 'Cause when you're done with this world Am Em D You know the next is up to you G C D And his wife told his kids he was crazy G C Am And his friends said he'd fail if he tried D G But with a will to work hard C Em And a library card A7 C D He took a homemade, fan-blade, one-man submarine ride [Solo] G G C That morning, the sea was mad and I mean it C Am Waves as big as he'd seen it D C Deep in his dreams at home G From dry land G D He rolled it over to wet sand C Am Closed the hatch up with one hand D C And peddled off alone Am Em D 'Cause when you're done with this world Am Em D You know the next is up to you G C D And for once in his life it was quiet G C Am As he learned how to turn in the tide D G And the sky was a flare C Em When he came up for air A7 C D In his homemade, fan-blade, one-man submarine ride [Solo] ( Am Em D ) ( Am Em D ) ( G C D ) ( G C Am D ) ( G C Em ) ( A7 C D ) G One evening G C When weeks had passed since his leaving C Am The call she'd planned on receiving D C Finally made it home G She accepted G C The news she'd never expected C Am The operator connected D C A call from Tokyo Am Em D 'Cause when you're done with this world Am Em D You know the next is up to you G Now his friends C D D D D Bring him up when they're drinking G C Am At the bar with his name on the side D G And they smile when they can C Em As they speak of a man A7 C D Who took a homemade, fan-blade, one-man submarine ride [Solo]