D           Bm             A             Bm
They called here to tell me that you're finally dying,
D         Bm              A      G
Through a veil of childish cries.
D         Bm     A             Bm
Southern Manitoba prairie's pulling at the,
D          Bm           A
Pant leg of your bad disguise.

[Chorus]
            G      D A   G
So why were you so anchorless?
  D       A     G
A boat abandoned in some backyard.
D A   G
Anchorless,
       D         A         G
In the small town that you lived and died in.

[Verse 2]
D           A                  Bm         A
I've got an armchair from your family home,
D        A              Bm              A      G
Got your P.G. Wodehouse novels and your telephone.
D             A                    Bm    A
I've got your plates and stainless steel,
D        A            Bm              A      G
Got that way of never saying what you really feel.

[Chorus]
   D A   G
So anchorless?
  D       A     G
A boat abandoned in some backyard.
D A   G
Anchorless,
       D         A         G
In the small town that you lived and died in.

[Bridge]
D A Bm A G (x2)

D A  Bm      A           G
     I don't want to live and die here.
D A  Bm      A           G
     I don't want to live and die here.

[Chorus]
A           D A   G
Where we're anchorless,
  D       A     G
A boat abandoned in some backyard.
D A   G
Anchorless,
       D         A         G              D
In the small town that you lived and died in.