Needle Of Death Chords by Bert Jansch

[C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[A#m] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ When sadness [F#] fills your heart _ [A#m] and sorrow hides the longing to [G#] be free
_ _ [C#] When things [F#] go wrong each day [A#] you fix your mind to escape your [G#] misery
_ [F#] Your troubled young [C#] life had made you turn _ to a needle of death _
[G#] _ How _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _
[F#] strange your happy words [A#m] have ceased to bring a smile [G#] from everyone
[F#] _ _ [C#] How [F#] tears have filled the eyes [A#m] of friends that you once had walked [G#] among
[A#m] Your troubled young [C#] life had made you turn to a needle of _ _ _ [G#] death
_ _ _ _ [C#] One [F#] grain of pure _ white snow _ [A#m] dissolved in blood spread quickly [G#] to your [F#] brain
[C#] _
In peace your mind _ _ [A#m] withdraws, yet death so near your soul can [G#] feel no pain
[F#] Your troubled young [C#] life had made you turn _ [F#] to a needle of death _ _
[G#] _ Your _ _ _ [C#] _
[F#] mother stands a-crying [A#] while [A#m] to the earth your body [G#] slowly _ [F#] casts
[C#] Your [F#] father stands in _ silence [A#m] caressing every young dream of the [G#] _ past
[A#m] Your troubled young [C#] life had made you turn to a needle of death
_ [G#] _
Through _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
ages [F#] man's desires [A#m] to free his mind to release his very [G#] soul
_ [C#] Has proved to [F#] all who live [A#m] that death itself is freedom [G#] _ forevermore
[A#m] And your troubled young [C#] life will make you turn [C#m] to a needle of [F#] death
_ _ [G#] _ [D#m] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
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