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Cautious Man easy guitar chords by
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen

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Verse 1
G

Bill Horton was a cautious
C

man of the road
G

He walked lookin' over his shoulder
D
G

and remained faithful to its code

When something caught his eye
C

he'd measure his need
G
D
G

And then very carefully he'd proceed
Verse 2
G


Billy met a young girl in the
C

early days of May
G

It was there in her arms he let his
Bm
D
C
G

cautiousness slip away

In their lovers twilight as the
C

evening sky grew dim
G
D

He'd lay back in her arms and laugh
G

at what had happened to him
Verse 3
C

On his right hand Billy tattooed the word love
G

and on his left hand was the word fear

And in which hand he held his
D
G

fate was never clear

Come Indian summer he took his
C

young lover for his bride
G
D

And with his own hands built a great house
G

down by the riverside
Interlude 1
G
C
Bm
G
C
D

Verse 4
G

Now Billy was an honest man he
C

wanted to do what was right
G

He worked hard to fill their lives with
D

happy days and loving nights
G

Alone on his knees in the darkness
C

for steadiness he'd pray
G

For he knew in a restless heart
D
G

the seed of betrayal lay
Verse 5
G

C

One night Billy awoke from a terrible
G
Bm
G

dream callin' his wife's name
Bm
G

She lay breathing beside him in a peaceful sleep,
D

a thousand miles away
G

He got dressed in the moonlight and
C

down to the highway he strode
G
D

When he got there he didn't find
G

nothing but road
Interlude 2
G
C
Bm
D

Verse 6
G

Billy felt a coldness rise up inside
C

him that he couldn't name
G

Just as the words tattooed 'cross his
Bm
C

knuckles he knew would always remain
G

At their bedside he brushed the hair from his wife's
C

face as the moon shone on her skin so white
G

Filling their room with the
D
G

beauty of God's fallen light

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