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               D         D/C     G/B     Gm/Bb
E|-3p2-3p2-3p2-2---2-------0-------0h2h3-5--------:
B|-------------3----3-------3---------------3-----:
G|-------------2-2---2----2--2---------------0----:
D|-------------0---------------------------0--0---:
A|-----------------------3-------2-------1--------:
E|------------------------------------------------:
    D               D/C         G/B        Gm/Bb
E|-s10--------------12-14-15S14-10---------14-15-17S12-:
B|-----------------------------------------------------:
G|-------11---------------------------7----------------:
D|---------12--------------------------8---------------:
A|-----12----12---------------------8---8--0-----------:
E|-s10--------------8-----------6-------------------0--:


D
Called to Madonna
D/C
To give me a line
         G/B               Gm/Bb
She said boy what have you done
D                        D/C
Passing your time with a holy man
G/B                        Gm/Bb
Talking about the moon and sun
    D                Bm
But I can't tell the difference
F#m                  G         A
Between the fool and wise
D                  D/C
Show me a river to follow
 G/B                Gm/Bb
Away from all these lies

A
I've been on my own so long
          G       C/G  G
Won't you lend me your hand
A
I've been picking up my bones too long
          G    Fmaj7
Won't you understand

D
Called to the captain
D/C
To put me ashore
       G/B                  Gm/Bb
For it looked like no man's land
D                  D/C
Is this the way to follow
G/B                    Gm/Bb
I cried as I shook his hand
D                 Bm
He told me had no answer
F#m                       G       A
He didn't really hold the key
D             D/C
I am a simple man
G/B                Gm/Bb
Was all he said to me

A
I've been on my own so long
          G       C/G  G
Won't you lend me a    hand
A
I've been out in the cold too long
          G     F
Won't you understand
A
I've been on the road so long
          G       C/G  G
Won't you lend me your hand
A
I've been out in the cold too long
          G     F7
Won't you understand

D               D/C
Heard my mother crying
G/B                    Gm/Bb
She was calling out my name
D              D/C
Whisper in the dark night
G/B             Gm/Bb
Saying who's to blame
D                    Bm
The hour glass keeps turning
F#m                      G      A
With not enought sand to see
D           D/C
I am a holy man
G/B                 Gm/Bb
So don't you bother me

A
I've been on my own so long
G
Won't you lend me your hand
A
I've been pickin' up my bones too long
          G     F
Won't you understand
A
I've been on my own so long
G
Won't you lend me your hand
A
I've been out in the cold too long
          G     F
Won't you understand?