A careless life chords by Oysterband
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Intro 1
(D major) (E flat major) (F major) (Gsus4)
(G major) (D major)
Verse 1
If nothing is (D major)
(Dsus4) given (D major)
Nothing is required
Sent early to bed (Dsus4)
(D major) The boy never tired
Alone in the dark
He learned not to cry
Then in his dream
Verse 2
He could fall, he could fly
(D major) (The bird's on the wing
There's blood on the thorn)
Alone in the dark
He learned not to cry
Then in his dream
Verse 3
He could fall, he could fly
(D major) (The bird's on the wing
There's blood on the thorn
The snails on the runway
A comet is born)
Verse 4
It was a (G major) careless (D major) life (C major) (F major) in any sense
(G major) A long way (D major) out with no (C major) defense
(F major) Another (G major) care (D major) less life (C major)
(F major) Another tilt (G major) at staying (F major) free (C major) (C minor)
(D major) Blessed are the poor in
spir (Dsus4) it (D major) (Dsus4)
We'd (D major) better be
Interlude 1
(D major) (G major) (D major) (F major) (G major)
(D major)
Verse 5
The women fell (D major) si (Dsus4) lent
(D major) When trouble began
They carried the babies (Dsus4) (D major)
They carried the can
They carried his cases
Out to the car
Waving him off to
Another small war
(Everyone thinks and
No one knows
Everyone knows and
No one thinks)
It (G major) was a
Verse 6
careless (D major) life (C major) (F major) in any sense
(G major) A long way (D major) out with (G major) no (C major) de fense
(F major) Another (G major) careless (D major) life (C major)
(F major) Another (G major) tilt at staying (F major) free (C major) (C minor)
(D major) Blessed are the poor in spir (Dsus4) it
We'd (D major) better be
Interlude 2
(D major) (Dsus4) (D major)
(Dsus4) (D major)
Verse 7
Trawling the desert (D major)
The whole press- card jive
Tempting the guns
Verse 8
To be sure he's alive
(D major)
Dictating impressions
For memoirs to come
The sky held its breath
The stones were dumb
They blew (A minor) his driver
Out (B flat major) of the jeep
Head (C major) lines on Sundays
Make (E flat major) editors (C minor) weep
All (F major) these (A minor) adventures
All (B flat major) of these rhymes
Don't (C major) stand a prayer
In des (E flat major) perate times
Verse 9
(D major) (The bird's on the wing
There's blood on the thorn
(C major) The snails on the runway
A (D major) comet is (D major) born
(C major) Everyone thinks (C major) and
No one knows
(D major) Everyone knows and
Nobody knows)
Verse 10
It was a (G major) careless (D major) life (C major) (F major) in any sense
(G major) A long way (D major) out with no (C major) defense
(F major) Another (G major) care (D major) less life (C major)
An (F major) other tilt (G major) at staying (D major) (G major) free (F major) (G major) (D major) (C major)
(F major)
(G major) (D major) (F major) (G major) (D major) (C major)
(F major) (G major) (F major) (C major) (C minor)
(D major) Blessed are the poor in spirit
Outro 1
We'd better be
(D major)
A careless life
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