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Taking Your Life in Your Hands chords by
John Cale
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Key: Eb major•
Intro 1
Eb
Eb
6

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Ab
Ab
4

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Eb
6

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Ab
Ab
4

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Eb
6

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Ab
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4

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Eb
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Verse 1
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Eb
6

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The children
F
F

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Bb

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are all leaving school today
Eb
Eb
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F
F

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Mama said, don't worry,
Bb
Bb

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I'll be back one day
Eb
Eb
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F
F

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The blue men in uniform smiled
Bb
Bb

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and waved goodbye
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Eb
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Fm
Fm

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Ab
Ab
4

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Bb
Bb

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She was hid ing those tears in her
Eb
Eb
6

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eye s
Interlude 1
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Eb
6

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Bb
Bb

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Eb
Eb
6

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Ab
Ab
4

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Fm
Fm

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Eb
Eb
6

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Ab
Ab
4

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Eb
Eb
6

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Verse 2
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Eb
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Roll up the history books,
F
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burn the chairs
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Eb
6

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Set fire to anything,
F
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Ab
Ab
4

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set fire to the air
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Eb
6

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They're hiding [riding?] to begin
Fm
Fm

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and run ning at the end
Eb
Eb
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'Cause mama said,
Fm
Fm

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Bb

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you take your life in your hands
Verse 3
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Eb
6

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F
F

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Bb
Bb

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Taking your life, your life in your hands
Eb
Eb
6

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But don't take your life in your
F
F

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Bb
Bb

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hands like I did
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F

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Bb

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I don't feel so bad,
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Cm
Cm
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and always look forward with hope
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Forward and hope that the children will always
Bbsus4
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Eb
6

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be there
Interlude 2
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Eb
6

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Ab
Ab
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Eb
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Ab
Ab
4

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Fm
Fm

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Ab
Ab
4

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Eb
Eb
6

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F
F

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Cancel the day,
Verse 4
Bb
Bb

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cancel the night
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F

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Bb

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Cancel the day, cancel the night
G
G

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Cm
Cm
3

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'Cause who could be watching
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Cm
Cm
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when she steals and runs away
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Cm
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3

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Bb
Bb

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Full of hysterical laughter, and say
Verse 5
Eb
Eb
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Mama, mama
F
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Bb
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I've left school today
Eb
Eb
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F
F

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I hope I get to see you in that
Bb
Bb

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funny school far away
F
F

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Bb
Bb

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But those gentlemen in blue,
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Ab
Ab
4

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and those in grey
Eb
Eb
6

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Bbsus4
Bbsus4

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Eb
Eb
6

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Say I'll never, never see mama again
Verse 6
F
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'Cause she took those lives in her hands
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Eb
Eb
6

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Yes, she took all those
F
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Bb
Bb

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lives in her hands
Eb
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6

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F
F

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Yes, she took all those lives
Bb
Bb

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in her hands
Ab
Ab
4

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But let me wonder,
Ab
Ab
4

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Eb
Eb
6

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Bb
Bb

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Eb
Eb
6

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Bb
Bb

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what was there left in those hands?

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