Chords for Mark Heard - 6 - Straw Men - Ashes And Light (1984)

_ _ [E] _ _ [D] Settle [E] _ _
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_ [D] _ [E] for manly [D] straws with [E] an authoritarian aura
[F#m] [D] And [A] everybody thinks he's some [E] kind of warrior of [A] the [D] Lord
[E] Stepping on some [D] toes [E] that he does not [F#] know
[D] And calling down fire [A] on what he don't [B] understand
_ [E] Straw man, [A] straw _ man
[E] Settle [D] for a ball and you [A] feel
_ [D] [E] Straw man, [D] straw [A] man
_ [D] _ [E] Everybody [D] loves a straw [A] _ _
[D] man
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_ He sees a man's dancing, so eternally red for man's [F#] bin
[D] A reduction of this stance for some [E] kind of earthly hymn
[D] [E] Don't know how to be tender, can't appreciate beauty or tender
[F#m] [D] It's his [A] pious anathema that he [B] loves so well
Straw [E] man, _ [A] straw man
_ _ [E] Settle for [A] a ball and you feel _
_ [B] [E] Straw man, _ [A] straw man
_ [E] Everybody [D] loves a knockout [A] straw man
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_ [F#m] [E] Well, through communication [D] we've ever [E] blessed this congregation
[F#] [D] And everyone knew [A] just what it's like [E] to be somebody [D] else
[E] No words were [D] [E] hasty, and all thoughts were thought [F#m] through
[D] Minor inconnate, [A] minor delicate, [B] and I said
_ [E] Straw man, _ [A] straw man
[D] _ [E] Settle [A] for a ball and you feel
_ [D] [E] Straw man, _ [A] straw man
[D] _ [E] Everybody [D] loves a knockout [A] straw man
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] Straw man, [D] straw man
[E] Settle [A] for a ball and you feel
[D] Straw [E] man, _ [A] straw man
_ [E] Everybody [D] loves a knockout, loves a knockout, loves a knockout [A] straw _ _ man _
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