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Careless Chords

Music by: Paul Kelly · 1989
Genre Folk / World Views 290
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Guitar

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[Intro 1]
[G][D][Am][C]
[G][D][Am][C]
[G][D][Am][C]
[G][D][Am][C]
[G][D][Am][C]

[Verse 1]
[G]How many cabs [D]in New York City?
[Am]How many ang[C]els on a pin?
[G]How many notes [D]in a saxophone?
[Am]How many tears i[C]n a bottle of gin?
[G]How many times [D]did you call my name,
[Am]knock at the door [C]but you couldn't get in?

[Chorus 1]
[G][D][Am]
[C]I k[G]now I[D]'ve b[Am]een c[C]areless

[Verse 2]
[G]I've been wrapped [D]up in a shell,
[Am]nothing could [C]get through to me
[G]Acted like [D]I didn't know
[Am]I had friends an[C]d family
[G]I saw worr[D]y in their eyes,
[Am]didn't look [C]like fear to

[Chorus 2]
[G](me)[D][Am]
[C]I k[G]now I[D]'ve b[Am]een c[C]areless
[G]I l[D]ost[Am] my t[C]enderness
[G]I'v[D]e bee[Am]n car[C]eless
[G]I t[D]ook[Am] bad [C]care of this

[Solo 1]
[G][D][Am][C]
[G][D][Am][C]
[G][D][Am][C]
[G][D][Am][C]

[Verse 3]
[G]Like a mix[D]ture in a bottle
[Am]Like a fro[C]zen over lake
[G]Like a long [D]time painted smile
I [Am]got so hard [C]I had to crack
[G]You were there, [D]you held the line
[Am]You're the one [C]that brought me

[Chorus 3]
[G](back)[D][Am]
[C]I k[G]now I[D]'ve b[Am]een c[C]areless
[G]I l[D]ost[Am] my t[C]enderness
[G]I'v[D]e bee[Am]n car[C]eless
[G]I t[D]ook[Am] bad [C]care of this

[Verse 4]
[G]How many cabs [D]in New York City?
[Am]How many ang[C]els on a pin?
[G]How many notes [D]in a saxophone?
[Am]How many tears i[C]n a bottle of gin?
[G]How many times [D]did you call my name,
[Am]knock at the door [C]but you couldn't get in?
[G]How many stars [D]in the milky way?
[Am]How many ways [C]can you lose a friend

[Chorus 4]
[G]I'v[D]e bee[Am]n car[C]eless
[G]I l[D]ost[Am] my t[C]enderness
[G]I'v[D]e bee[Am]n car[C]eless
[G]I t[D]ook[Am] bad [C]care of this
[Repeat and fade]
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