Chords for The Possum

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Yesterday I was working in my yard when I saw my son
On a string of wood held when he was all beat up and hobbling
I got a closer look and his foot was mangled
I was woken up earlier by what I thought was a cat tangle
But it was him who got it [E] bad from the cat that [B] night
I ran slowly down the hill when he slipped under the fence
I brought myself up, check him out and he found a nook
Under the air conditioner I pointed him out to Caroline
She cracked down and he was shaking and full of fear
And when she stood up I asked baby why you're crying
She said because he's cute and he's down there and he's dying
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[B] I went up to my room and I got a call from Justin
He was in San Francisco and Godflesh was playing
Girl I drove me halfway there where I met Tony
And we drove to the city and we parked out in front of the DNA
Just at us we had some laughs and we [E] took photographs [B] backstage
And our guts were protruding and all of them
We just kept laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing_ _ _
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[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] when [B] _ _ _ Godflesh kicked the stage, Tony and I, we stood there on the floor
drum machines hammered and feedback played.
For a moment, everybody [E] was silent [B] while Justin tuned his guitar.
Like a church that got so quiet.
Just for a minute, and then they all soared together like a car off a cliff.
They crashed and burned over and over and again and again.
They threw hard, vicious stutter, repeat flash.
Shook the opponent like a tough squirrel.
Hands on the wrist in the seventh round.
Davey Moore, June 16, _ 1983.
Got a flesh in the wrist that night.
Like an early morning gator, Rogowski.
Justin Lawrence set the mind like a hungry red wild.
He was on fire, giving it everything he had and killing it that night.
He had a spray and it came [E] to a [B] screeching halt.
A relentless, beautiful voice, 70 minute song.
And then he fouled down and he said,
This is like a legendary Tarzan.
Screech your holy hell and they disappeared.
And off went the crowd.
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[B] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Fm] And then we had pizza.
[Gb] I [F] came back [Ab] to my apartment [Eb] in the city.
_ [B] Until 4 a.m. I watched movies [Eb] and my ears were ringing.
[Fm] And I called Caroline out at the [Eb] house.
We talked about the concert, [B] about the possum down in the nook.
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And _ [Bb] _ [Fm] the ocean air [Gb] came through my [Ebm] window.
And the sound of foghorns in the one hour.
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[Fm] Got [Gb] flesh was down in LA.
_ [Ebm] Tony had an open house that day.
_ [Fm] And I looked out and [Gb] saw Suito and [Ebm] Caroline.
I was on the way back from Lake Tahoe.
_ I got [Fm] a call from [Bbm] Paul Sorrentino.
[Ebm] I'd be off to Switzerland in a week or so.
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[Eb] _ _ [F] [Fm] I was on my way back to my apartment in the city.
And then I called Paul Sorrentino.
And I was on my way back to my apartment in the city.
And then I called him back and I said,
I'm going to go to Switzerland and I'm going to watch [Eb]
Tarzan.
[B] And I'm grateful for her [Eb] love and for my friends.
[Ab] She will see the possible.
[Gb] Walk as [G] nice as you can.
[Eb] God bless you. _
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_ _ _ _ For to [Bb] live another day is [Ebm] much better _ than the night. _ _
_ [Fm] And I'd like to die [Gb] with music [B] in my ear.
The [Bbm] piano of Maurice Ruel.
For God [Ebm] fleshed his gutteral growls from hell. _
_ _ The sound that [Fm] evokes [Bbm] good memories of being [Gb] young.
And able to get around.
And [Eb] I'd like [Fm] Caroline to [Bbm] sigh with me.
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_ _ _ old possum lost the fight.
His sad black eyes were a thing to see on a glowing Easter Sunday. _
But that rodent was loved and he still thought of.
And church bells rang that day.
I remember hearing them in the afternoon just as we left.
You had to have heard them too.
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