Bruce Cockburn – Shipwrecked At The Stable Door (Guitar)
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Chords
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G The man who twirled with rose in teeth C G Has his tongue tied up in thorns
His once expanded sense of time and
C D Space all shot and torn C G See him wander hat in hand C "Look at me, I'm so forlorn Em G D Ask anyone who can recall C G It's horrible to be born!"
[Verse 2]
G Big Circumstance comes looming C G Like a darkly roaring train
Rushes like a sucking wound
C D Across a winter plain C G Recognizing neither polished shine C Nor spot nor stain Em G D And wherever you are on the compass rose C G You'll never be again
[Chorus]
C G Am Left like a shadow on the step Em G C D Where the body was before D G Shipwrecked at the stable door C G Am Left like a shadow on the step Em G C D Where the body was before D G Shipwrecked at the stable door
[Verse 3]
G Big Circumstance has brought me here C G Wish it would send me home
Never was clear where home is
C D But it's nothing you can own C G It can't be bought with cigarettes C Or nylons or perfume Em G D And all the highest bidder gets C G Is a voucher for a tomb
[Verse 4]
Blessed are the poor in spirit
C G Blessed are the meek
For theirs shall be the kingdom
C D That the power mongers seek C G Blessed are the dead for love C And those who cry for peace Em G D And those who love the gift of earth C Em G May their gene pool increase
[Chorus]
C G Am Left like a shadow on the step Em G C D Where the body was before D G Shipwrecked at the stable door C G Am Left like a shadow on the step Em G C D Where the body was before G Shipwrecked at the stable door
[Outro]
C G Am Em G C G D G