Cautious Man chords by
Bruce Springsteen
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Key: G major•
Verse 1
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Bill Horton was a cautious
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man of the road
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He walked lookin' over his shoulder
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and remained faithful to its code
When something caught his eye
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he'd measure his need
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And then very carefully he'd proceed
Verse 2
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Billy met a young girl in the
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early days of May
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It was there in her arms he let his
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C
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cautiousness slip away
In their lovers twilight as the
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evening sky grew dim
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He'd lay back in her arms and laugh
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at what had happened to him
Verse 3
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On his right hand Billy tattooed the word love
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and on his left hand was the word fear
And in which hand he held his
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fate was never clear
Come Indian summer he took his
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young lover for his bride
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And with his own hands built a great house
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down by the riverside
Interlude 1
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Bm
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Verse 4
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Now Billy was an honest man he
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wanted to do what was right
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He worked hard to fill their lives with
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happy days and loving nights
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Alone on his knees in the darkness
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for steadiness he'd pray
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For he knew in a restless heart
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the seed of betrayal lay
Verse 5
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C
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One night Billy awoke from a terrible
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Bm
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dream callin' his wife's name
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She lay breathing beside him in a peaceful sleep,
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a thousand miles away
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He got dressed in the moonlight and
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down to the highway he strode
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When he got there he didn't find
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nothing but road
Interlude 2
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Bm
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D
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Verse 6
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Billy felt a coldness rise up inside
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him that he couldn't name
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Just as the words tattooed 'cross his
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C
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knuckles he knew would always remain
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At their bedside he brushed the hair from his wife's
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face as the moon shone on her skin so white
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Filling their room with the
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beauty of God's fallen light

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