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Lungs

Townes Van Zandt
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Wont  you lend your lungs to me
Mine  are collapsing
Plant  my feet and bitterly
Breathe  up the time that's passing
Breath  I'll give and breath I'll  take
And  pray the day's not poison
Stand  among the ones that live
In  lonely indecision
 The rest of the verses follow the same progression with variations/ repetitions of
 the intro in between them.
 Fingers walk the darkness down
 Mind is on the midnight
 Gather up the gold you've found
 You fool it's only moonlight
 And if you try to take it home
 Your hands'll turn to butter
 Better leave this dream alone
 Try to find another
 Salvation sat and crossed herself
 And called the devil partner
 Wisdom burned upon a shelf
 Who'll kill the raging cancer?
 Seal the river at its mouth
 Take the water prisoner
 Fill the sky with screams and cries
 Bathe in fiery answer
 Jesus was an only son
 Love his only concept
 Strangers cry in foreign tongues
 And dirty up the doorstep
 And I for one and you for two
 Ain't got the time for outside
 Just keep your injured looks to you
 We'll tell the world we tried

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Readable chord sheet for Lungs by Townes Van Zandt

[Em]Wont you lend your lungs to me
[D]Mine are collap[Em]sing
[Em]Plant my feet and bitterly
[D]Breathe up the time that's passing           [Em]
[D]Breath I'll give and breath I'[Em]ll take            [D]
[D]And pray the day's not poison           [Em]
[Em]Stand among the ones that l[D]ive           [Em]
[Em]In lonely in[D]decisi[Em]on

The rest of the verses follow the same progression with variations/ repetitions of
the intro in between them.

Fingers walk the darkness down
Mind is on the midnight
Gather up the gold you've found
You fool it's only moonlight
And if you try to take it home
Your hands'll turn to butter
Better leave this dream alone
Try to find another

Salvation sat and crossed herself
And called the devil partner
Wisdom burned upon a shelf
Who'll kill the raging cancer?
Seal the river at its mouth
Take the water prisoner
Fill the sky with screams and cries
Bathe in fiery answer

Jesus was an only son
Love his only concept
Strangers cry in foreign tongues
And dirty up the doorstep
And I for one and you for two
Ain't got the time for outside
Just keep your injured looks to you
We'll tell the world we tried

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