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Taking Your Life in Your Hands chords by 
John Cale 
N/A•
Intro 1
D
G
D
G
D
G
D
Verse 1
D
The children
E
A
are all leaving school today
D
E
Mama said, don't worry,
A
I'll be back one day
D
E
The blue men in uniform smiled
A
and waved goodbye
D
Em
G
A
She was hid ing those tears in her
D
eyes
Interlude 1
D
A
D
G
Em
D
G
D
Verse 2
D
Roll up the history books,
E
A
burn the chairs
D
Set fire to anything,
E
G
set fire to the air
D
They're hiding [riding?] to begin
Em
and run ning at the end
D
'Cause mama said,
Em
A
you take your life in your hands
Verse 3
D
E
A
Taking your life, your life in your hands
D
But don't take your life in your
E
A
hands like I did
E
A
I don't feel so bad,
F#
Bm
and always look forward with hope
A
Forward and hope that the children will always
Asus4
D
be there
Interlude 2
D
A
D
G
D
G
Em
G
D
E
Cancel the day,
Verse 4
A
cancel the night
E
A
Cancel the day, cancel the night
F#
Bm
'Cause who could be watching
F#
Bm
when she steals and runs away
F#
Bm
A
Full of hysterical laughter, and say
Verse 5
D
Mama, mama
E
A
I've left school today
D
E
I hope I get to see you in that
A
funny school far away
E
A
But those gentlemen in blue,
E
G
and those in grey
D
Asus4
D
Say I'll never, never see mama again
Verse 6
E
'Cause she took those lives in her hands
A
D
Yes, she took all those
E
A
lives in her hands
D
E
Yes, she took all those lives
A
in her hands
G
But let me wonder,
G
D
A
D
A
what was there left in those hands?
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Chords
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Em
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Bm
Asus4
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