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