Intro: D/G D
D
Beneath the trees of the Casbah
G D
Beneath the roots of those trees
Em D
On the casket floor
Em D
On the casket floor
G D
Bottom of me, it feels so complete
Intro
D
Around my childhood museums
G G
There stand Chinese guards
Em D
One of them has a bell
Em D
One of them has a bell
G D
Who rings when I come too close or leave too far
D G D
You might say that it's reckless, you might say that it's wild
Em G D
But I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child
Intro
D
Now there's splinters in my fingers
G D
And there's portland cement in my lungs
Em D
I got a hammer and a cough
Em D
I got a hammer and a cough and
G D
All of my friends speak in foreign tongues
Intro
D
There's an ugliness growing up inside me
G D
From where it has come I don't know
Em D
I left my sweetness beside
Em D
My sweetness beside
G D
That girl I goodbyed long ago
D G D
They might find my body at the bottom of the pile
Em G D
But I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child
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D
Such plans they have, such God's they have
G D
Deep in this nation of heat
Em D
We've been outdone again
Em D
We've been outdone again and
G D
All of my friends they walk on their feet
D G D
And a congress of jackals will put a tax on my smile
Em G D
But I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child
D G D
I might move to Las Vegas, live there for a while
Em G
'Cause I'd rather be nobody's, nobody's, nobody's
Em G D
Yes I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child