| C | G | C | F | C | G | C |
| C | G7 | |
| While window shopping th | rough the past |
| C | F | |
| I ran across a lo | oking glass |
| C | G7 | C | G7 | |
| Re | flecting moments rem | aining in a burned out li | ght |
| C | G7 | |
| Tragic magic pra | yers of passion |
| C | F | |
| Stay the same through cha | nging fashions |
| C | G7 | C | |
| They fr | eeze my mind like w | ater on a winter's n | ight |
| D7 | |
| Spent most of my youth |
| G7 | |
| Out | hobo cruising |
| D7 | |
| And all I got for proof |
| G7 | |
| Is ro | cks in my pockets and dirt in my shoes |
| C | G7 | |
| So | goodbye nonbel | iever |
| C | F | |
| D | on't you know that I h | ate to leave here |
| C | G7 | C | |
| So long babe, | I got the flashback bl | ues. |
| Instrumental: |
| C | G | C | F | C | G7 | C |
| C | G7 | |
| Photographs sh | ow the laughs |
| C | F | |
| Recorded in betwe | en the bad times |
| C | G7 | C | |
| Happy sailors danc | ing on a sinking s | hip |
| C | G7 | |
| Cloudy skies and d | ead fruit flies |
| C | F | |
| Waving goodbye with te | ars in my eyes |
| C | G7 | C | |
| Well, sure I made it but ya k | now it was as hell of a t | rip. |
| D7 | |
| Spent most of my youth |
| G7 | |
| Out | hobo cruising |
| D7 | |
| And all I got for proof |
| G7 | |
| Is ro | cks in my pockets and dirt in my shoes |
| C | G7 | |
| And t | en times what it grieves y | ou |
| C | F | |
| That's how much more I h | ate to leave you now |
| C | G7 | C | |
| So long babe, | I got the flashback bl | ues. |
| Instrumental: |
| C | G | C | F | C | G7 | C |
| D7 | |
| Spent most of my youth |
| G7 | |
| Out | hobo cruising |
| D7 | |
| And all I got for proof |
| G7 | |
| Is ro | cks in my pockets and dirt in my shoes |
| C | G7 | |
| So | goodbye nonbel | iever |
| C | F | |
| D | on't you know that I h | ate to leave here |
| C | G7 | C | |
| So long babe, | I got the flashback bl | ues. |
| G7 | C | C7 |