Cartoon Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
I [Em]listened to a lecture
of nonsense until dawn
By a pla[Bm]giary poet with
dark glasses on
He said, [Am]"How did you ever
dream up that song
The [Bm]one where the [B]baby dies?"
[Em]

[Verse 2]
I said, "I'll tell you the secret,
which one's your good ear?
Yeah, [Bm]people are made up of water and fear
If there [Am]weren't women present
we wouldn't be here
[Asus4]So let's [Bm]make like
[B]we're fri[Em]ends"

[Verse 3]
[Em]
And the pot turned to powder
and soured the mood
And the [Bm]people I'd come with
were gone from the room
So I [Am]asked like a child,
"May I be excused?"
[Bm]And [B]disobeyed them all
[Em]

[Verse 4]
Into that late-night latrine, latrine,
rain soaking through my shoes
I tried walk[Bm]ing backwards
to get less confused
[Am]Working off the theory I could never prove
That it [Bm]was life i[B]tself [Em]to blame

[Verse 5]
[Am]And time ruined [Em]the world
Like [Am]a failed revolu[Em]tion
[Am]A tumor we could not rem[Em]ove
An old [C]friend, a constant,
[Bm]the blue[Em]s

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 6]
Now my [Em]days are distractions,
sit wringing my hands
Solitaire, crosswords and films on demand
[B]When you tur[Am]n from a cartoon
back [C]into a man
You start to [Bm]smell that [B]human [Em]smell

[Verse 7]
[Em]So I sleep with the fan on
[Bm]to drown [B]out [Em]the street
[Bm]And the noise rising up from
the [D]bar un[Bm]derneath
[Em]But [Bm]for that inco[Am]nvenience
all my drinks are free
[D]So I gue[Bm]ss it's jus[B]t as wel[Em]l

[Verse 8]
Why do I [Em]envy the ending
right from the start
Just [Bm]get it together to take it apart
[Am]Watching the horse as it
follows the cart
I sweep [Bm]up m[Em]y bro[B]ken spe[Em]ll

[Verse 9]
And I [Am]felt something changing the [Em]world
Like [Am]a new constitu[Em]tion
[Am]A thief I would have to pur[Em]sue
At all [C]times, at all [Bm]costs, the truth

[Outro 1]
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