Chords for Guy Clark- The Cape

_ [Em] I'm [G] _ gonna kill you!
_ [C] _ _ Eight years old with a flower sack and a tie all around his neck
_ _ He climbed up on the garage, [F] he's figuring what [G] the heck
_ He [C] screwed [G] his [A] carriage up so [G] tight [F] that the whole [G] thing fell [C] apart
Got a running nose
[A] _ The _ [F] _ _ [G] _ [C] whole _ _ _ _ thing came [Am] unwound _ _
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Well, [Am] he's one of those who knows that life [F] is just a legal [C] thing _ _
Spread your [G] arms and [Am] hold your breath [F] and [G] always trust your cape _ _
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_ [G] _ [C] he's all grown up with a flower sack, [F] cape tied all around his [C]
dreams
And he's full [G] of other piss [Am] and denigrate, _ [G] [F] he's busting at the [G] seams
So he licked his finger and then he checked the wind, [F] he's not gonna be [C] too tired
_ He [G] wasn't [Am] scared of nothing, [G] _ he's pretty sure he [C] could fly _
_ Well, _ _ [Am] he's one of those [G] who knows that life [F] is just a legal [C] thing
_ Spread your arms and hold your breath [F] and always trust your [C] cape _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Now he's old and grey with [C] a flower sack, cape tied [G] all around his head
_ _ _ He's still jumping off the [C] garage, [F] will he till [G] he's dead
_ [C] And all [G] these years [Am] the people [C] said [F] he's [G] acting like [C] a kid
_ He did not [G] know he [Am] could not [C] fly, [F] _ [C] _
so he did _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] Dad's one of those [Em] who knows that life [F] is just a legal [C] thing _
_ Spread your [Bm] arms [Am] and hold your [C] breath [F] and [G] always trust [C] your cape _
[Am] Dad's one of those who knows that [Em] [F] life is just a legal [C] thing _
_ Spread [G] your [Am] arms and hold your breath [C] and [G] always [C] trust your cape _
_ Spread [G] your arms [Am] and hold your [C] breath and [G] always trust your [C] cape _
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