I am the (Gb)pas sen ger
and I ride and I ride.
I ride (Gb)through the (Db)cit y’s back sides.
I see the (Gb)stars come (Db)out of the sky,
I’ll yeah, the bright and (Db)hol low sky.
You know it (Gb)looks so (Db)good to night.
And ev ’ry thing looks good to night.
I am the (Gb)pas sen ger,
I stay un der sen glass.
I look (Gb)through my (Db)win dow so bright.
I see the (Gb)stars come (Db)out back to night.
We’ll see the bright and (Db)hol low sky
o ver the (Gb)cit y’s (Db)ripped back sides.
A star is made for us to night.
Sing ing, (Bbm)“La la (Gb)la la (Db)la la la la.
(Bbm)La la (Gb)la la (Db)la la la la;
(Bbm)la la (Gb)la la (Db)la la la la la la la;”
(Bbm)Oh, the (Gb)pas sen ger,
how, (Gb)how he rides.
Oh, the (Gb)pas sen ger,
he rides and he rides.
He looks the through his win (Ab)to dow, back and sides.
He what the does he see?
cean drive.
what’s mine.
He sees the (Gb)sign and the hol low sky.
and me.
He sees the (Gb)stars come out (Db)to you night.
(F)me.
He sees the cit y’s ripped (Ab)to you back and me.
So sees the wind ing o and see what’s mine.
And ev ’ry (Gb)thing was the made for you and me.
He All of (Gb)it was made (Db)for you and (F)me.
Sing ing, (Bbm)“La la (Gb)la la (Db)la la la la.
(Bbm)La la (Gb)la la (Db)la la la la;
(Bbm)la la (Gb)la la (Db)la la la la la la.”
(Bbm)Oh, the (Gb)pas sen ger,
how, (Gb)how he rides.
He sees (Gb)things from un der glass.
He looks through his (Db)win dow side.
He sees the things is he (Ab)knows and are his.
He sees the (Gb)bright and hol low sky.
He sees the (Gb)cit y sleep at night.
and ride.
He sees the (Gb)stars are out (Db)to night.
And all of it is yours (Ab)knows and mine.
his.
And all of (Gb)it is yours and mine,
so let’s the (Gb)ride and ride and ride and ride.
He sees the (Gb)stars are out (Db)to night.
Sing ing, (Bbm)“La la (Gb)la la (Db)la la la la.
(Bbm)La la (Gb)la la (Db)la la la la;
(Bbm)la la (Gb)la la (Db)la la la la la la.”
Sing ing, (Bbm)“La la (Gb)la la (Db)la la la la.
(Bbm)La la (Gb)la la (Db)la la la la;
(Bbm)la la (Gb)la la (Db)la la la la la la.”
Sing ing,
This page shows “The Passenger” by Iggy Pop in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Eb at 100 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.