Van Zandt Townes - Rake guitar tab

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Submitted by Christof

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Dm

Well, I used to wake

F

and run with the moon

G

I lived like a rake and a young man

Dm

I covered my lovers

F

with flowers and wounds

G

my laughter the devil would frighten.

F G

My sun, she would come

C Dm

and beat me back down

C Dm

but every cruel day had its nightfall

F G

I'd welcome the stars

C Dm

with whinin' guitars

C Dm

full of fire and forgetful

My body was sharp

my dark hair clean

and outraged my joyful companion

and whisperin' women

how sweet did they seem

kneelin' for me to command them

And time was like water

but I was the sea

I wouldn't have noticed it passing

except for the turning

of night into day

and turning of day into cursing

And you look at me now

don't think I don't know

what all your eyes are saying

Does he want us to believe

these ravings and lies

they're just tricks that his brain's been aplayin'?

A lover, the women

he can't hardly stand

he trembles, is bent and is broken

I fall on his true

but I say to you

hold your tongues until after I've spoken

I was taken my pride

and the pleasure I'd known

I laughed and said I'd be forgiven

but my laughter turned round

eyes blazin' and saying

friend, we're holding the weapon

I buried my face

but it spoke once again

night to the day we're a-binding

and now the dark hair's

like fire on my skin

and even the moonlight is blinding