Taking Your Life in Your Hands chords by John Cale

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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The  (D major) children
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are all leav (E major) ing school today  (A major) 
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 (D major) Mama said, don't worry (E major) ,
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I'll be back one day  (A major) 
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The  (D major) blue men in uniform  (E major) smiled
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and waved good (A major) bye
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 (D major) She was  (E minor) hid ing  (G major) those  (A major) tears in her
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 (D major) eyes

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Interlude 1

Verse 2
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 (D major) Roll up the history books,
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burn  (E major) the chair (A major) s
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 (D major) Set fire to anything,
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set fire  (E major) to the  (G major) air
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They're  (D major) hiding [riding?] to begin
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and  (E minor) run ning at the end
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'Cause  (D major) mama said,
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you take your life  (E minor) in your hands  (A major) 

Verse 3
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 (D major) Taking your  (E major) life, your life in your  (A major) hands
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But  (D major) don't take your life in your
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 (E major) hands like I did  (A major) 
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I don't  (E major) feel so  (A major) bad,
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 (F sharp major) and always look for (B minor) ward with hope
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Forward and  (A major) hope that the children will always
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 (Asus4) be there  (D major) 

Interlude 2

Cancel the day,

Verse 4
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cancel the  (A major) night
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 (E major) Cancel the day, cancel the night  (A major) 
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'Cause who  (F sharp major) could be  (B minor) watching
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when she  (F sharp major) steals and  (B minor) runs away
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Full  (F sharp major) of hys (B minor) terical laughter, and say  (A major) 

Verse 5
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 (D major) Mama, mama
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I've  (E major) left school today  (A major) 
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I  (D major) hope I get to see you  (E major) in that
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funny school far away  (A major) 
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But those gen (E major) tlemen  (A major) in blue,
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and  (E major) those in grey  (G major) 
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Asus4 
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Say  (D major) I'll never, never see mama  (Asus4)  (D major) again

Verse 6
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'Cause she took those  (E major) lives in her hands
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 (A major) Yes, she took  (D major) all those
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 (E major) lives in her hands  (A major) 
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Yes,  (D major) she took  (E major) all those lives
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in her hands  (A major) 
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 (G major) But let me wonder,
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what was there  (G major) left in those  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) hands?