Taking Your Life in Your Hands Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][D][G][D][G][D]

[Verse 1]
The [D]children
are all leav[E]ing school [A]today
[D]Mama said, don't worry[E],
I'll be back one [A]day
The [D]blue men in [E]uniform smiled
and waved good[A]bye
[D]She was [Em]hid ing [G]those [A]tears in her
[D]eyes

[Interlude 1]
[D][A][D][G][Em][D][G][D]

[Verse 2]
[D]Roll up the history books,
burn [E]the chair[A]s
[D]Set fire to anything,
set fire [E]to the [G]air
They're [D]hiding [riding?] to begin
and [Em]run ning at the end
'Cause [D]mama said,
you take [Em]your life in your [A]hands

[Verse 3]
[D]Taking your [E]life, your life in your [A]hands
But [D]don't take your life in your
[E]hands like I [A]did
[E]I don't feel so [A]bad,
[F#]and always look for[Bm]ward with hope
Forward and [A]hope that the children will always
[Asus4]be there[D]

[Interlude 2]
[D][A][D][G][D][G][Em]
[G]
Can[D]cel [E]the day,

[Verse 4]
cancel the [A]night
[E]Cancel the day, cancel [A]the night
[F#]'Cause who could be [Bm]watching
when [F#]she steals and [Bm]runs away
[F#]Full of hys[Bm]terical laughter, and [A]say

[Verse 5]
[D]Mama, mama
I've [E]left school [A]today
I [D]hope I get to see [E]you in that
funny school far [A]away
But those gen[E]tlemen [A]in blue,
and [E]those in [G]grey
Say [D]I'll never, never [Asus4]see mama [D]again

[Verse 6]
'Cause she took those [E]lives in her hands
[A]Yes[D], she took all those
[E]lives in her [A]hands
Yes, [D]she took [E]all those lives
[A]in her hands
[G]But let me wonder,
what was there [G]left in [D]those [A]han[D]ds?[A]