Taking Your Life in Your Hands
Taking Your Life in Your Hands

Taking Your Life in Your Hands easy guitar chords by John Cale

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Guitar
Tuning

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Fret 1

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    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    The 
    children 

    are 
    all 
    leav
    ing 
    school 
    today 

    Mama 
    said, 
    don't worry
    , 

    I'll be back 
    one 
    day 

    The 
    blue 
    men 
    in 
    uniform 
    smiled 

    and waved 
    good
    bye 

    She 
    was 
    hid
    ing 
    those 
    tears 
    in her 

    eye
    s 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 2
    Roll 
    up 
    the history 
    book
    s, 

    burn 
    the chair
    s 

    Set fire 
    to 
    anything, 

    set fire 
    to 
    the 
    air 

    They're 
    hiding 
    [riding?] to 
    begin 

    and 
    run
    ning 
    at 
    the end 

    'Cause 
    mama 
    said, 

    you take 
    your life 
    in your 
    hands 

    Verse 3
    Taking 
    your 
    life, 
    your life 
    in your 
    hands 

    But 
    don't 
    take 
    your life 
    in your 

    hands 
    like I 
    did 

    I don't 
    feel 
    so 
    bad, 

    and always 
    look 
    for
    ward 
    with hope 

    Forward 
    and 
    hope 
    that the children 
    will always 

    be there 

    Interlude 2


    Can
    cel 
    the day, 
    Verse 4
    cancel 
    the 
    night 

    Cancel 
    the day, 
    cancel 
    the night 

    'Cause who 
    could be 
    watch
    ing 

    when 
    she 
    steals 
    and 
    runs 
    away 

    Full 
    of 
    hys
    terical 
    laughter, 
    and 
    say 

    Verse 5
    Mama, 
    mama 

    I've 
    left school 
    today 

    I 
    hope I 
    get 
    to see 
    you 
    in that 

    funny school 
    far 
    away 

    But those gen
    tlemen 
    in blue, 

    and 
    those in 
    grey 

    Say 
    I'll never, 
    never 
    see mama 
    again 

    Verse 6
    'Cause 
    she took 
    those 
    lives 
    in her hands 

    Yes, she took 
    all those 

    lives 
    in her 
    hands 

    Yes, 
    she 
    took 
    all those lives 

    in her hands 

    But let me 
    wonder, 

    what 
    was there 
    left in 
    those 
    hands? 


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