Bruce Cockburn – Southland Of The Heart (Guitar Intro)

G
When the wild-eyed dogs of day to day

G
Come snapping at your heels

G           C
And there's so much coming at you

C
That you don't know how to feel

G
When they've taken all your money

G
And then come back for your clothes

C
When your hands are full of thorns

C
But you can't quit groping for the rose

          Am     Em
In the southland of the heart

       Dm7
Where night blooms perfume the breeze

C         G
Lie down

                    C  Csus C
Take your rest with me

G
When thoughts you've tried to leave behind

G
Keep sniping from the dark

C
When the fire burns inside you but

                       Am
You jump from every spark

G
When your heart's beset by memories

G
You wish you'd never made

C                     F
When the sun comes up an enemy

    C
And nothing gives you shade

       Am        Em
In the southland of the heart

          Dm7
Where the saints go lazily

C         G
Lie down

G                    C  Csus C
Take your rest with me

C         G
Lie down

G                    C  Csus C
Take your rest with me

G
When the preacher lays his insight down

G
And claims to lead the blind

C                         F
When those you trust just get you hooked

     C
And trifle with your mind

         G
When the nightmare's creeping closer

    G
And your wheels are in the mud

C                 F
When everything's ambiguous

C
Except the taste of blood

       Am        Em
In the southland of the heart

           Dm7
There's no question of degree

C         G
Lie down

G                   C  Csus C
Take your rest with me

       Am        Em
In the southland of the heart

    Dm7             
Everyone was always free

C
Lie down

G                   C
Take your rest with me