Joe Pug - Nobodys Man Chords & Tabs

 

Nobodys Man Chords & Tabs

Joe Pug Chords & Tabs

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Nobodys Man Chords

   
Capo 2

Intro: D/G (D chord: hammer on/off with index finger)

D
Beneath the trees of the Casbah
G                          D
Beneath the roots of those trees
       Em     D
On the casket floor
       Em     D
On the casket floor
G                                   D
Bottom of me, it feels so complete

Repeat Intro

D
Around my childhood museums
G                   G
There stand Chinese guards
       Em         D
One of them has a bell
       Em         D
One of them has a bell
    G                                          D
Who rings when I come too close or leave too far

D                                           G             D  
You might say that it's reckless, you might say that it's wild
        Em                 G                   D
But I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child

Repeat Intro

D
Now there's splinters in my fingers
G                                 D
And there's portland cement in my lungs
        Em           D
I got a hammer and a cough
        Em           D
I got a hammer and a cough and
G                                         D
All of my friends speak in foreign tongues

Repeat Intro
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D
There's an ugliness growing up inside me
G                              D
From where it has come I don't know
          Em        D
I left my sweetness beside
   Em        D
My sweetness beside
     G                        D
That girl I goodbyed long ago


D                              G             D
They might find my body at the bottom of the pile
        Em                 G                   D
But I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child

Repeat Intro

D
Such plans they have, such God's they have
G                      D

Deep in this nation of heat
           Em       D

We've been outdone again
           Em       D

We've been outdone again and
G                                        D

All of my friends they walk on their feet

D                                    G         D

And a congress of jackals will put a tax on my smile
        Em                 G                   D  
But I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child

D                               G           D
I might move to Las Vegas, live there for a while
           Em                  G
'Cause I'd rather be nobody's, nobody's, nobody's
Em                         G                   D
Yes I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child