Cardiacs – The Everso Closely Guarded Line (Guitar)

D       C       G       A       F#m C#m
.   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

G           Bm          E           F#
.   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

E       C     A     C
One day

     E             C     A     C
In a different way   I

     E             C            A          C
will give myself a role in this petrifying life

    E                  C            A           C
Wal-king and breathing water, never be the same

E                C     A     C
Try a new scheme

  E             C     A     C
A man's machine

      E         C           A               C
And I try at my best, and I try gi-ving all I can

         E             C                N.C.
And hold it to the win-dow of the world clo-sing my eyes

E       C     A     C
One day

     E              C     A     C
In a de-fi-nite way   I

     E                C               A              C
will test the heat of the wa-ter with every-thing in sight

       E                C             A           C
I mean un-til I am full as an egg rea-dy to burst

E                C     A     C
Try a new scheme

       E              C         A           C
With a man's machine,   with an in-sight to try

      E         C           A         C
And I try at my best, and I try and I cry

         E              C              N.C.
As I lis-ten to the bus-tle of the day pas-sing me by

Fm                     C#   Fm
   There is life in me left to strike a blow

       F#  Fm                  E     D#    C#    C
for ef-fe- ect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

   N.C.
e|-19----------15-17-19----------15-17-19----------15-17----|
B|-------16-18-------------16-18-------------16-18----------|
G|----18----------------18----------------18----------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

D                   A    C#m   G       Bm      E     F#
Still born goes the ever-so    closely guarded line, oh

D       C       G       A       F#m C#m
.   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

G           Bm          E           F#
.   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

E            E/C
One day

     E                  E/C
In a different way   I

     E                          E/C
will give myself a role in this petrifying life

    E                               E/C
Wal-king and breathing water, never be the same

E                C     A     C
Try a new scheme

       E              C         A           C
With a man's machine,   with an in-sight to try

      E         C           A         C
And I try at my best, and I try and I cry

         E              C              N.C.
As I lis-ten to the bus-tle of the day pas-sing me by

Fm                     C#   Fm
   There is life in me left to strike a blow

       F#  Fm                  E     D#    C#    C
for ef-fe- ect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

   N.C.
e|-19----------15-17-19----------15-17-19----------15-17----|
B|-------16-18-------------16-18-------------16-18----------|
G|----18----------------18----------------18----------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

D                   A    C#m   G       Bm      E     F#
Still born goes the ever-so    closely guarded line, oh

D       C       G       A       F#m C#m
.   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

G           Bm          E           F#
.   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

[Unison]
   N.C.
e|-----------0------------------------------------------|
B|---------------1---3-------------1--------------------|
G|-------2-------------2---2---0-------2----------------|
D|---0-4-----------------4---------------3-2-------0----|
A|-0-------------------------------------------3--------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|