When You Give It Away
When You Give It Away

When You Give It Away easy guitar chords by Bruce Cockburn

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    • Intro 1



    Slid 
    out 
    of my 
    dream
    s like 
    Verse 1

    a 
    baby 
    out of the 
    nurse's 
    hands 

    Onto 
    the 
    hard 
    floor 
    of day 

    I'd 
    been 
    wearing 
    OJ's gloves 
    and 

    I 
    couldn't 
    get 
    them off 

    It was 
    too 
    early 
    but I 
    couldn't 

    sleep

    Showered 
    and 
    dressed, 

    stepped 
    out 
    into 
    the heat 

    The 
    parrot 
    things 
    on 
    the porch 

    next 
    door 

    Announced 
    my 
    arrival 
    on 

    Chartres 
    Street 

    With 
    their 
    finest 
    rendition 
    of 

    squeal
    ing 
    brakes 

    Verse 2

    Down 
    in 
    Kaldi's caf 
    the newspaper 

    headlines 
    promised 
    new 
    revela
    tions 

    Concerning 
    Prince 

    Charles' Amex ac
    count 

    A 
    morose 
    young 
    man 
    in 
    old-tim 

    Austrian 
    Austrian 
    drag 

    Stares 
    past 
    his 
    long mustache 

    at 
    the 
    ground 

    And last 
    night's 
    punks 
    and 
    fetish 
    kids 

    All 
    tat
    toos 
    and 
    metal 
    bits 

    And 
    in the 
    other 
    corner 

    (wearing the white 
    trunks) 

    Today's 
    tourists 
    already 
    sweating 



    Verse 3
    Deep 
    in 
    the 
    city 
    of 
    the 

    saints 
    and 
    fools 

    Pearls 
    before 
    pigs 
    and 
    dung 

    become 
    jewels 

    I sit 
    down 
    with 
    tiger
    s, 

    I 
    sit 
    down 
    with 
    lambs 

    None 
    of them 
    know 

    who 
    exactly 
    I 
    am 


    Verse 4
    I've 
    got 
    this 
    thing 
    in 
    my 
    heart 

    I 
    must 
    give 
    you 
    today 

    It 
    only 
    lives 
    when 
    you 

    Give 
    it 
    away 


    Languid 
    man
    dal
    la of 
    the 

    ceiling 
    fan 

    Teases 
    the 
    air 
    like 
    a 
    slow 
    stroking 

    hand 

    Study 
    the 
    faces, 
    study 
    the 
    card
    s 

    Study 
    the 
    shadow 
    creeping 

    over 
    the 
    yard 


    Verse 5
    I've 
    got 
    this 
    thing 
    in 
    my 
    heart 

    I 
    must 
    give 
    you 
    today 

    It 
    only 
    lives 
    when 
    you 

    Give 
    it 
    away 







    Trouble 
    with 
    the na
    tion
    s, 

    trouble 
    with 
    re
    la
    tions 

    Where 
    you 
    going 
    to 
    go 
    to 
    find 

    illumina
    tion? 

    Too 
    much 
    to 
    carry, 

    too 
    much 
    to 
    let 
    go 

    Time 
    goes 
    fast 
    - learning 

    goes 
    slow 

    Verse 6

    But 
    I've 
    got 
    this 
    thing 
    in 
    my 
    heart 

    I 
    must 
    give 
    you 
    today 

    It 
    only 
    lives 
    when 
    you 


    Give 
    it 

    Outro 1
    away 



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