A careless life Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Eb][F][Gsus4]
[G][D]

[Verse 1]
If nothing [D]is
[Dsus4]given[D]
Nothing is required
Sent early to [Dsus4]bed
[D]The boy never tired
Alone in the dark
He learned not to cry
Then in his dream

[Verse 2]
He could fall, he could fly
[D](The bird's on the wing
There's blood on the thorn)
Alone in the dark
He learned not to cry
Then in his dream

[Verse 3]
He could fall, he could fly
[D](The bird's on the wing
There's blood on the thorn
The snails on the runway
A comet is born)

[Verse 4]
It was a [G]care[D]less [C]life [F]in any sense
[G]A long way out[D] with no [C]defense
[F]Ano[G]ther careles[D]s lif[C]e
[F]Another til[G]t at sta[F]ying fre[C]e[Cm]
[D]Blessed are the poor in
[Dsus4]spir it[D][Dsus4]
We'd [D]better be

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][D][F][G]
[D]

[Verse 5]
The women [D]fell si[Dsus4]lent
[D]When trouble began
They carried the [Dsus4]babies[D]
They carried the can
They carried his cases
Out to the car
Waving him off to
Another small war
(Everyone thinks and
No one knows
Everyone knows and
No one thinks)
It [G]was a

[Verse 6]
care[D]less [C]life [F]in any sense
[G]A long way out[D] with no [G]de [C]fense
[F]Another car[G]eles[D]s lif[C]e
[F]Another til[G]t at sta[F]ying fre[C]e[Cm]
[D]Blessed are the poor in [Dsus4]spir it
We'd [D]better be

[Interlude 2]
[D][Dsus4][D]
[Dsus4][D]

[Verse 7]
Trawling the [D]desert
The whole press- card jive
Tempting the guns

[Verse 8]
To be sure he's alive
[D]
Dictating impressions
For memoirs to come
The sky held its breath
The stones were dumb
They blew [Am]his driver
[Bb]Out of the jeep
Head[C]lines on Sundays
Make [Eb]editors [Cm]weep
[F]All [Am]these adventures
[Bb]All of these rhymes
[C]Don't stand a prayer
In des[Eb]perate times

[Verse 9]
[D](The bird's on the wing
There's blood on the thorn
[C]The snails on the runway
A [D]comet is [D]born
[C]Everyone thinks [C]and
No one knows
[D]Everyone knows and
Nobody knows)

[Verse 10]
It was a [G]care[D]less [C]life [F]in any sense
[G]A long way out[D] with no [C]defense
[F]Ano[G]ther careles[D]s lif[C]e
An[F]other [G]tilt at [D]staying [G]free[F][G][D][C]
[F]
[G][D][F][G][D][C]
[F][G][F][C][Cm]
[D]Blessed are the poor in spirit

[Outro 1]
We'd better be
[D]