Cowboy Junkies - This Street, That Man, This Life guitar tab

Intro: C Am C Am

C Am

This street holds its secrets

C Am

like a cobra holds its kill

C Am

This street minds its business

C Am

like a jailer minds his jail

F G

That house there is haunted

C F

That door's a portal to hell

C G C Am C Am

This street holds its secrets very well

C Am

That man wears his skin

C Am

like a dancer wears her veils

C Am

That man stalks his victims

C Am

like a cancer stalks a cell

F G

That man's soul has left him

C F

his heart's as deadly as a rusty nail

C G C Am C Am

That man sheds his skin like a veil

Dm G

Lord, you play a hard game

F C

you know we follow every rule

C F

Then you take the one thing

C F

we thought we'd never lose

Dm Am

All I ask is if she's with you

C F

please keep her warm and safe

G

and if its in your power

(stop) C Am C Am

please purge the memory,...of this place.

C Am

This life holds its secrets

C Am

like a seashell holds the sea

C Am

soft and distand calling

C Am

like a faded memory

F G

This life has its victories

C F

but its defeats tear so viciously

C G

This life holds its secrets

C Am C Am

like the sea.