Like William McKinley			By Al Stewart (2008)


Introduction: C# - C#+ - A#m - C#+ (2x)

Verse 1:


C#        C#+       A#m           C#+     C#             C#+ - A#m - C#+ 
I  got  a  letter,  it  came  in  the  mail  today

 
C#               C#+             A#m            C#+      C#         C#+ - A#m - C#+ 
I  saw  by  the  stamp  it  was  sent  from  an  ocean  away

 
F#                       D#m                            C#
No  need  to  open  it  up,  I  knew  what  it  must  say


F#                             D#m                       C#                   G#
I'll  just  go  back   to  the  dream  I  was  having  before  love  went  astray 


REFRAIN:


     C#                         F#           G#
I'll  sit  on  my  porch  like  William  McKinley 


      C#  A#m     D#m              G# 
And  I'll  let  the  world  come  to  me


      B            A#       D#m           G#
And  if  it=s  too  busy  I  really  won=t  mind


               C#  A#m  F#           G#
And  there=s  no  place  I  want  to  be



C#                          F#       G#
Now  and  again  I  will  open  a  window 


       C#   A#m    D#m      G#
And  stare  at  the  overcast  sky


      B            A#          D#m              G#
And  put  you  away  in  a  drawer  in  my  mind


           C#   A#m   F#            G#           C#
And  I'll  just  bid     all  of  my  troubles  goodbye


Interlude:  C# - C#+ - A#m - C#+ (2X)


Verse 2:


         C#            C#+       A#m             C#+          C#        C#+ - A#m - C#+ 
The  country  >round  here  is  deserted,  there=s  no  one  at  all


C#             C#+            A#m           C#+            C#           C#+ - A#m - C#+ 
People  come  here  for  the  summer  and  leave  in  the  fall


F#                             D#m                    C#
You  followed  after  them,  disappeared  into  the  night


F#                              D#m                            C#                G#
Now  all  that=s  left  is  the  footprint  you  made  in  the  mud,  frozen  in  white.


Repeat REFRAIN (2x with instrumental verse in between)


CODA:    C# - C#+ - A#m - C#+ (2X) - C# - Emaj7 - F# - C#