Playing Possum by Carly Simon

Playing Possum from Playing Possum - 1975

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We lived up in Cambridge
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And browsed in the hippest newsstands
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Then we started our own newspaper
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Gave the truth about Uncle Sam
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We loved to be so radical
             Amaj7         G
But like a ragged love affair
       D             G
Some became disenchanted
      C                    D
And some of us just got scared

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Now are you playing possum
Keeping a low profile
           D                   A
Are you playing possum for a while

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Then you moved to the country
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Bought a farm and tilled the land
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Then you took your books to India
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And got hooked on a holy man
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But the wells they do run dry
           Amaj7  F#m7     G
And the speeches turn to words
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And the woods are full of tigers
       C                 D
And freedom's for the birds

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Now are you playing possum
Keeping a low profile
           D                   A
Are you playing possum for a while

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Now you run a bookstore
           Amaj7 F#m7  G     
And you've taken on a wife
            D              G
You wear patches on your elbows
          C    
And you live an easy life
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Well, are you finally satisfied
                Amaj7         G
Is it what you were lookin' for
D             G
Or does it sneak up on you
 C                    D
That there might be something more

                      A
Now are you playing possum
Keeping a low profile
           D                   A
Are you playing possum for a while
           D                   A
Are you just playing possum for a while
           D                   A
Are you just playing possum for a while




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