Chords for The Kinks - Scattered

_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ Like [G] a seed that is sown, [C] _
_ [G] all the children are scattered
[C] _
[G] By a breeze that is [C] blown, _ [G] now the crops are all scattered
[C] _
We [G] are torn, we are [D] _
shattered, [G] now some of us are barmy [C] and battered
And [G] the fields where we [D] _
gathered [G] are overgrown in weeds and [C] in tatters
[G] Through it all, we were [D] _
scattered
[G] To the fields we are [C] scattered, _ [G] from the day we are born
[C] _
To [G] grow wild and sleep rough, [C] _
_ [G] till from the earth we are [C] sown
_ [G] And the soul that is [D]
free _ [G] can live on [C] eternally
_ [G] And the spirit can [D] live on, [G] though we're scattered in the world [C] beyond
_ [G] And I've been out of my mind [D] ever since you came [Eb] down _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ Empty [F] room, no _ sight, [D] no sound, she _ left so [Eb] soon
_ She's out [Bb] of view, but _ then [F] I found _ those scattered [D] _ crews
She _ left me [Eb] hanging for the ground with a smiling _ [Bb] face
A cigarette stuck out on the [F] fireplace, a coffee cup with her lipstick [D] stains
I guess I'll never see her [G] again
Now my life is all [C] scattered, _ [G] ever since she's been _ [C] gone
[G] I feel older, I feel fatter, [C] _
_ [G] I feel the blues coming [C] on
_ [G] We get bruised, [D] we get _ _ [G] battered, love will pick up the pieces that [C] scatter
_ [G] And with emotional glue, we're gonna [D] stick together, [Eb] body and mind
Ever since she went _ [Bb] away, I've been alone to _ [F] contemplate
Time and space, a wild world's [D] moon, while sitting in my solitude
[Eb] _ I've watched the stars and wondered [Bb] why, we're scattered up there in the [F] sky
And is she up there out of view, [D] _ on some high altitude?
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ I wish [Bb] I knew, wish I [F] could prove the reason why
This life on earth [D] _ is scattered like the _ [Eb] universe _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
I'm _ [F] _ _ scattered here, scattered [D] there, bits of me scattered _ everywhere
[G] To the fields we are [C] scattered, _ _ [G] and from the dust we are born
[C] _
We [G] survive somewhat _ battered, to a new life, a new [C] dawn _
In [G] the end, _ what will [D] it matter?
[G] There'll only be my ashes [C] to scatter
_ [G] And all the logical answers [D] to a worrying mind [G] will be scattered in time
[C] _
_ _ [G] _ Beaten and _ [C] battered, _ [G] to the earth _ you are [D] _
scattered
[G] You're going home, so why does it [C] matter?
_ [G] To an atomic mind, [D] scattered here while you [Eb] travel time
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