The Man In The Bed chords by Dave Alvin

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
D 
G 
The man in the bed isn't me
C 
G 
Now I slipped out the door
D 
G 
C 
and I'm runnin' free
D 
G 
C 
Young and wild like I'll always be
G 
D 
G 
But the man in the bed isn't me

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Verse 2

And these tremblin' hands,

they're not mine

Now my hands are strong

and steady all the time

They can swing a sledge hammer

or soothe a baby that's cryin'

These trembling hands,

they're not mine

Verse 3
G 
D 
Now the nurse over there
G 
doesn't know
C 
D 
That I  ain't some helpless
G 
C 
old so- and- so
D 
I could have broken her heart
G 
C 
not that long ago
Am 
D 
Now the nurse over there
G 
doesn't know

Verse 4
G 
D 
That the man in the bed
G 
isn't me
C 
D 
'Cause I slipped out the door
G 
C 
and I'm runnin' free
D 
G 
C 
Young and wild like I'll always be
D 
C 
The man in the bed isn't me

Interlude 1

Verse 5
G 
D 
G 
I'm the man I've always been
C 
D 
I'm the kid who rode the rails
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C 
through the Great Depression
D 
I fought in the big war and
G 
C 
marched for the Union
D 
G 
I'm the man I've al ways been

Verse 6
G 
So don't believe what the
D 
G 
doctors say
C 
They're just makin' things
D 
G 
C 
up so they can get paid
Yeah, and it ain't me they're
D 
G 
C 
talkin' about anyway
So don't believe what the
D 
G 
doctors say

Verse 7
G 
'Cause the man in the
D 
G 
bed isn't me
C 
D 
Well I slipped out the door
G 
C 
and I'm finally free
D 
G 
C 
Young and wild like I'll always be
D 
G 
No the man in the bed isn't me
C 
D 
G 
No the man in the bed isn't me
C 
D 
No the man in the bed isn't
C 
me