Joe Pug – Nobodys Man chords

Capo 2

Intro: D/G (D chord: hammer on/off with index finger)

DBeneath the trees of the Casbah
G                          DBeneath the roots of those trees
       Em     DOn the casket floor
       Em     DOn the casket floor
G                                   DBottom of me, it feels so complete

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DAround my childhood museums
G                   GThere stand Chinese guards
       Em         DOne of them has a bell
       Em         DOne of them has a bell
    G                                          DWho 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                   DBut I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child

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DNow there's splinters in my fingers
G                                 DAnd there's portland cement in my lungs
        Em           DI got a hammer and a cough
        Em           DI got a hammer and a cough and
G                                         DAll of my friends speak in foreign tongues

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DThere's an ugliness growing up inside me
G                              DFrom where it has come I don't know
          Em        DI left my sweetness beside
   Em        DMy sweetness beside
     G                        DThat girl I goodbyed long ago


D                              G             DThey might find my body at the bottom of the pile
        Em                 G                   DBut I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child

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DSuch 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           DI 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                   DYes I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child