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Intro: D/G D

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

Intro 

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Around my childhood museums 
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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 

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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 

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Now there's splinters in my fingers 
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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 
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All of my friends speak in foreign tongues 

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There's an ugliness growing up inside me 
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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 


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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 

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Such plans they have, such God's they have 
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Deep in this nation of heat 
           Em       D 

We've been outdone again 
           Em       D 

We've been outdone again and 
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All of my friends they walk on their feet 

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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 

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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