Rake

[Intro] Dm  F7M  G  Dm 

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Well, I used to wake and run with the moon
G                Dm
I lived like a rake and a young man
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I covered my lovers with flowers and wounds
G                  Dm
My laughter the devil would frighten

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The sun she would come and beat me back down
C          G         Dm
But every cruel day had it's nightfall
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I'd welcome the stars with wine and guitars
C       G       Dm
Full of fire and forgetful

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Well, my body was sharp, the dark air clean
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And outrage my joyful companion
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And whisperin' women how sweet did they seem
G              Dm
Kneelin' for me to command them

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And time was like water but I was the sea
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I wouldn't have noticed it passin'
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Except for the turnin' of night into day
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And the turnin' of day into cursin'

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They look at me now, don't think I don't know
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What all your eyes are sayin'
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Does he want us to believe these ravings and lies?
G                             Dm
They're just tricks that his brains been playin'

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A lover of women he can't hardly stand
  C      G          Dm
He trembles, he's bent and he's broken
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I've fallen it's true but I say to you
C        G            Dm
"Hold your tongues until after I've spoken"

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I was takin' by pride in the pleasure I'd known
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I laughed and said I'd be forgiven
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But my laughter turned around, eyes blazing and
        G        Dm
Said, "Friend, we're holdin' a wedding"

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I buried my face but it spoke once again
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Night to the day we're a bindin'
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And now the dark air is like fire on my skin
C       G        Dm
And even the moonlight is blinding
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Now the dark air's like fire on my skin
C       G        Dm
And even the moonlight is blinding