The Last Nail from "Captured Angel" (1975) Standard tuning - Capo 0 [Intro] | C | D F | C | D F | C | D F | C | D F | [Verse] |C Am7 |Em7 | . I saw you running ahead of the crowd |Fmaj7 |C G | . I chased but never thought I'd catch you .. |C Am7 |Em7 . You said you loved me, but you had to be free |Fmaj7 |C G | And I let you ... . Why did I let you? [Verse] |C Am7 |Em7 | . We walked together through the gardens and graves |Fmaj7 |C G | . I watched you grow to be a woman .. |C Am7 |Em7 . Living on promises that nobody gave |Fmaj7 |Fmaj7 |C C/B | To no one ... ... They were given to no one .. [Bridge] | Am7 | D | Am7 | D | [Verse] |C Am7 |Em7 | . I started listening to the wind and the rain |Fmaj7 |C G | . You strained your ears but could hear nothin' .. |C Am7 |Em7 . One night I thought I heard them whisper my name |Fmaj7 |Fmaj7 G | And I went runnin' ... ... . [Verse] |C Am7 |Em7 | . I left a trail of footprints deep in the snow |Fmaj7 |C G | . I swore one day I would retrace them .. |C Am7 |Em7 . But when I turned around I found that the wind |Fmaj7 |Fmaj7 |C C/B | Had erased them ... ... Now I'll never replace them .. [Bridge] | Am7 | D | Am7 | D ... Em7 | [Chorus] |G Em7 |A C | . Fly away my sweet bird over the land |G Em7 |A C | . Take life for all the freedom you can |G Em7 |A C |A C | . But if you ever should need a man, well, the offer still stands [Break] | C | D F | C | A | C | D F | C | D | [Verse] |C Am7 |Em7 | . I hear you've taken on a husband and child |Fmaj7 |C G | . And live somewhere in Pennsylvania .. |C Am7 |Em7 . I never thought you'd ever sever the string |Fmaj7 |Fmaj7 G | But I can't blame you none .. .. [Verse] |C Am7 |Em7 | . So let the ashes fall and lay where they will |Fmaj7 |C G | . Just say that once you used to know me .. |C Am7 |Em7 . One last time sing that old song we used to know |Fmaj7 |Fmaj7 But this time sing . (This time sing) |Fmaj7 |C C/B | Oh, this time sing a little more slowly .. [Bridge] | Am7 | D | Am7 | D ... Em7 | [Chorus] |G Em7 |A C | . Fly away my sweet bird over the land |G Em7 |A C | . Take life for all the freedom you can |G Em7 |A C |A C | . But if you ever should need a man, well, the offer still stands [Outro] | G | A C/G | G | A C/G | G | A C/G | A C/G | A C/G | G | Charted by Dexex Built on a solid foundation laid by 71 Deluxe 41 in 2014.
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