Chords for Roger Alan Wade-Fighting For The Sweetness (Live)

This [E] is a song I know about a girl,
who just graduated.
This is about a long,
_ _ _ this is pre-rehab, obviously.
This is about a long night
on the streets of Paris
with the ghost of Ernest Hemingway.
_ _ _ Hope you all enjoy this.
It's called Fighting for the Sweet.
_ On the boulevard in Paris
called the Champs [A]-Élysées
I ducked into a sad café
[E] Sit down with the ghost of Hemingway
[B] _ Ordered a bottle of Beaujolais
And talked [A] about everything
Talked all [E] night about everything
He _ said, where'd you get that old rucksack?
[A] I said, Papa, I just got back
[E] From ramblin' around with Kerouac
[B]
I left him by this railroad track
He [A] gave me this turquoise ring
He gave [E] me this turquoise ring
Ernie said, yeah, how's Jack [A] doing?
I said, man, he sure seems congruent
[E]
Still a crazy social [B] truant
Just bummin' around and getting fluent
In [A] the Tao Te Ching
_ [E] Still doing that Buddhist thing
I _ [C#m] left him hungry and needin' a [B] shave
A master of Zen and freedom slave
[C#m] Runnin' off to sleep on Charlie Parker's grave
[B] I said, hey, Jack, tell Bert
I said, hey, [A] man, thanks for the ring
_ [F#m] Ah, [E] thanks again for the ring _
[A] Boy, and I will follow
The footsteps [E] through the garden _
_ [B] I'll lick the nectar from
That holy [E] flower of freedom
I _ [A] ask nothing more of my life
And nothing [E] less
_ _ Boy, you [B] know it all comes down
To just having the [E] courage
To be yourself, I guess it all [A] comes down
_ Fightin' [E] for the sweetness _
_ [B] Oh, mama
Fightin' [A] for that sweetness
I _ [E] seen a grievous angel on my way over here
[A] Had a jazz joint in Georgetown
Swiggin' Jamaican beer
[E] I said, are you okay, Graham?
You're actin' [B] weird
He said, Roy Buchanan used to play in [A] here
I said, yeah, I'll be okay
I'll be [E] okay, my friend
So _ _ we shot some pool and we made some bets
And he [A] told me about this girl singer he'd met
[E] Then he bummed my last cigarette
[B] Rambled off lookin' for a stand
Get [F#m] some of that [A] hickory wind
Just [E] some of that hickory wind
Boy, [A] and I will follow
The footsteps through [E] the garden _
I'll [B] lick the nectar from
That holy flower [E] of freedom
I [A] ask nothing [Am] more of my life
And [E] nothing less
_ [B] Boy, you know it all comes down
To just having the courage
[E] To [Bm] be yourself, I guess it all comes [A] down
_ To fightin' for the [E] sweetness _ Oh, _ [B] _ mama Oh, mama
[G#m] Fightin' for that [F#m] sweet need
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ Then Django Reinhardt comes strollin' in
[A] With Arthur Rambeau and a bottle of gin
[E] [G#m] Said they fooled around and missed their train [B] again
And they was out lookin' for Hank [A] Williams
They wanted to buy him one
_ [E] Just wanted to buy old Hank one
_ _ So Ernie stood up, said hello
[A]
Then he turned to me and said, man, I gotta go
[E] So long, Hank, so long, Django
[B] I gotta get back to Idaho
[A] I gotta kiss my gun
I gotta [E] French kiss my shotgun
Boy, [A] and I will follow
The footsteps [E] through the garden _
_ [B] I'll lick the nectar from
That holy flower [C#] of freedom
[E] _ _ I ask [A] nothing more of my life
And nothing [E] less
_ _ [B] You know it all comes down
To just having the courage
[E] To be yourself, [Bm] I guess it all [A] comes down
To fightin' [E] for the sweetness _
_ [B] Oh, mama
Fightin' for [A] that