Committed To Parkview

Tabbed by: Dave S.
Tuning: Standard
Artist: The Highwaymen
Album: Highwayman
Year: 1985
         A                            E
Theres a man across the hall who sits staring at the floor
          E                          A
He thinks hes Hank Williams hear him singing through the door
         D                     A
Theres a girl in 203 who stops by to visit me
        B                             E
And she talks about her songs and the star that she should be
          A                              D
There are lots of special people staying in or passing through
        A         D   A      D                A
And for one thing or another committed to Parkview
         A                  E
Theres a girl in 307 coming down on thorazine
                            A
And a superstars ex drummer trying to kick benzedrine
         D                          A
Theres a boy just below me whos the son of some well known
       B                                    E
He was brought in by his mother because his daddys always gone
         A                               D
Theres a bum from down on Broadway and a few quite well to dues
         A         D        A            D                A
Who have withdrawn from the rat race and committed to Parkview
         A                            E
Theres a girl who cries above me loud enough to wake the dead
                                           A
They dont know what she has taken that has scrambled up her head
         D                           A
Theres a writer and a singer who has tried and tried and tried
          B                              E
They just brought him in this morning an attempted suicide
          A                                   D
There are those that never made it those that did but now are through
     A       D         A                 D                A
Some came of their own good chosing some committed to Parkview
     A                       E
They wake us about 6:30 just before the morning meal
                                        A
While theyre taking blood pressure they ask us how we feel
      D                               A
And I always say fantastic there aint nothing wrong with me
              B                          E
And then they give me my injection and I go right back to sleep
    A                              D
The days are kind of foggy and the nights are dreamy too
            A      D    A          D                A
But they're taking good care of me committed to Parkview