A Corner Boy's Lament chords by David Keenan
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Intro 1
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(F sharp minor) (D major) (A major) (G major)
Verse 1
There (D major) is something (A major) I've been meaning to tell (G major) you
When I die (D major) I intend (A major) to walk alone (G major) through the street (D major) s where the (A major) corner boys
commend (G major) me for making (D major) peace with the (A major) in ner child from the mobile (G major) home
Now (D major) I am handing back the medals (A major) that you pinned (G major) to my chest,
we're at war, (D major) it's (A major) nit safe out in the open (G major) (D major)
And the padlock you are (A major) wearing around your (G major) neck is a target
(D major) for the cold hungry (A major) half wits at dawn (G major)
Who are strug (D major) gling (A major) to compose
another drink (G major) ing song
I (D major) feel safe amongst the
Verse 2
(A major) hawkers
and the (G major) gawkers
Telling stor (D major) ies scribbled don
(A major) on decks of card (G major) s
Flicking (D major) marbles through a (A major) mud stained
maze of (G major) second hand ideas
Draw a drag (D major) (A major) whilst admiring the (G major) sweet haze of
a (D major) city in the (A major) morning by Jack (G major) B Yeats
(D major) Who's that at (A major) the door ah it's only (G major) reality,
Verse 3
sure (D major) let him in makes sure (A major) he wipes his feet clean (G major)
Let us dis (D major) sect the word (A major) from the markets
and the factor (G major) ies
Bring me two (D major) glasses (A major) there is work to be done, (G major)
fetch me two (D major) glasses (A major) there is work to be (G major) done
Verse 4
(D major) Let us compare Moth (A major) ers and the
mad (G major) ness in their method
(D major) Let us compare Fath (A major) ers and the shape
(G major) of their (D major) jawlines
Let us compare re (A major) gretful sexu
(G major) al encounters (D major)
Let us compare addic (A major) tions,
past an (G major) d present (D major) (G major)
(D major) Let us compare (A major) voices that dance
(G major) in our heads (D major)
Let us make a pact (A major) now,
let (G major) us spit in our hands (D major)
Let us compare (A major) songs that
we (G major) wish we had written
(D major) Let us con (A major) sole one (G major) another.
Verse 5
(G major)
There (D major) is something (A major) I've been meaning
to tell (G major) you
(D major) When I die I (A major) intend to walk alone (G major) through the
(D major) streets where the (A major) corner boys salute (G major) me
For making (D major) peace with (A major) the inner child
from the mobile (G major) home
For (D major) loosing sleep with (A major) the inner child
from the mobile (G major) home
For counting sheep (D major) with the inner
(A major) child from the mobile home (G major)
A Corner Boy's Lament
David Keenan
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