Lungs Chords by Townes Van Zandt

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Won't you lend your lungs to me?
Mine are collapsing.
Plant my feet and [E] bitterly breathe [Bm] up the time that's [Em] passed.
Breath I'll [G] take and breath I'll give.
[D] Pray the day's not [Em]
poised.
Stand among the [G] ones that live [Em] in lonely indecision.
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_ Fingers walk the darkness down.
Mind is on the midnight.
Gather up the [D] gold [Em] you found.
You fool, it's only moonlight.
[D] And if you stop to take it home, your hands will turn [Em] to butter.
Better leave [G] this dream alone.
Try to find another.
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Salvation sat and crossed herself and called the devil partner.
Wisdom burned upon a shelf who killed a raging cancer.
[D] Seal the [Em] river at its mouth.
Take the water prisoner.
Fill the sky with screams and cries, bathing fiery answers. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Jesus was an only son and love his only concept.
Strangers cry in foreign tongues and dirty up the doorstep.
[Bm] And I for one and [Em] you for two [D] ain't got the time for [Em] outside.
Keep your injured looks to you.
We'll tell the world that we tried. _ _ _ _ _
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