Chords for 05 - Guy Clark - The Cape

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_ _ _ Now eight [Em] years [Am] old with a flower sack [G] cape tied all [C] around his neck. _ _ _ _
He [B] climbed up [Am] on the garage, [F] he's figuring [G]
what the heck. _ _ _
[C] _ [B] Screwed his [Am] courage up [C] so [F] tight that the [G] whole thing [E] come unwound.
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He got a runnin' [Bm] _ [A] start and bless [Em] his heart, [C] he [G] headed [C] for the ground. _
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[A] Well [E] he's one [Em] of [C] those who knows that life [F] is just a leap [C] of faith. _
_ _ Spread [G] your arms [A] and [G] hold your breath and always [C] trust your cape. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Now he's [E] all grown up with a flower [G] sack cape tied all [C] around his _ dreams.
He's full of [Am] piss and [G] vinegar and [F] he's busting at [G] the seams.
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So he licked [Em] his finger [A] and checked [G] the wind [C] is gonna [G] be do [C] or die. _
_ He [Bm] wasn't scared [A] of nothing [Em] boys, [F] he's pretty [Gm] sure he [C] could fly.
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[E] Well he's one of [G] those who [Am] knows that [F] life is just a leap [C] of faith.
_ _ _ Spread your arms [Am] and hold [C] your breath and always trust your cape. _ _ _ _
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_ [Em] Now he's [B] old and [Am] gray with a flower [C] sack cape tied all around his head.
_ _ And he's still [Am] jumping off the [F] garage and will be till [G] he's dead.
_ _ [C] All [Bm] these [A] years the people [G] _
[Fm] said he's [C] acting like a kid.
_ He did not [Am] know he could not [G] fly, [F] _ _ _ [Gm]
[C] so he did. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] Well he's one of those who knows that [F] life is just a leap [C] of faith. _ _ _
Spread your _ [Am] arms and hold your [C] breath and always trust your cape. _
_ [Am] Yeah he's one of those [C] who knows that life [F] is just a [C] leap of faith.
_ _ _ Spread [G] your arms [Am] and hold [G] your breath and always trust [C] your cape. _ _ _
Spread your arms [Am] and hold your [G] breath [C] and [G] always trust your [C] cape. _
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Thank you.
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