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Taking Your Life In Your Hands

John Cale

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Taking Your Life In Your Hands Intro: G# Gm D# G# Gm D# Gm G# D# D# Cm G#7 Bb The children are all leaving school today D# F7 /A Bb Mama said, don't worry, I'll be back one day D# Cm G#7 Bb The blue men in uniform smiled and waved goodbye D# F7 /A Bb Intro She was hiding those tears in her eyes D# Cm G#7 Bb Roll up the history books, burn the chairs D# F7 /A Bb Set fire to anything, set fire to the air Gm Fm They're riding to begin and running at the end Gm Fm Bb 'Cause mama said, you take your life in your hands Taking your life, your life in your hands But don't take your life in your hands like I did Am Bb Bm C Cm I don't feel so bad, and always look forward with hope Bb D# Intro Forward and hope that the children will always be there Cancel the day, cancel the night Cancel the day, cancel the night 'Cause who could be watching when she steals and runs away Full of hysterical laughter, and say Mama, mama, I've left school today I hope I get to see you in that funny school far away But those gentle men in blue, and those in grey Say I'll never, never see mama again D# Cm F 'Cause she took those lives in her hands D# Cm F Yes, she took all those lives in her hands D# Cm F Yes, she took those lives in her hands G# D# But let me wonder, what was there left in those hands? by: Jos� Duarte jtduarte1@gmail.com
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