Rake chords by Steve Earle

Chords with lyrics

Key: D MajorD

🎸 Intro:

D MajorD  FF  G+G D MajorD


🎸 Verse 1:
          A minorAm
I used to wake and run with the moon
 G+G             D MajorD
I lived like a rake and a young man
             FF
I covered my lovers with flowers and wounds
  G+G             D MajorD
My laughter, the devil would frighten
  A minorAm       G+G          D MajorD
The sun, it'd come up and beat me back down
  C majorC            D MajorD
But every cruel day had its nightfall
  FF      G+G     FF      D MajorD  C majorC
I'd welcome the stars with wine and guitars
          D MajorD    FF C majorC G+G D MajorD
Full of fire and forgetful

🎸 Verse 2:
D MajorD              FF
Well, my body was sharp, the dark air clean
  G+G          D MajorD
And outrage my joyful companion
             FF
And whispering women, how sweet they did seem
G+G           D MajorD
Kneeling for me to command them
  FF       G+G     C majorC     D MajorD
And time was like water, but I was the sea
  C majorC          D MajorD
And I'd never noticed it passing
 FF      G+G     C majorC     D MajorD
Except for the turning of night into day
    C majorC          D MajorD    FF  G+G  D MajorD
And the turning of day into cursing

🎸 Verse 3:
D MajorD              FF
You look at me now and don't think I don't know
   G+G          D MajorD
What all of your eyes are saying
                FF
So he wants us to believe these ravings and lies
   G+G               D MajorD
Just tricks that his brains been a-playing
 FF     G+G    FF      D MajorD
A augmentedA lover of women, he can't hardly stand
  C majorC               D MajorD
He trembles, he's bent, and he's broken
D MajorD     FF      G+G      FF    D MajorD
Well
I've fallen, it's true, but I say unto you
     C majorC            D MajorD    FF  G+G  D MajorD
Hold your tongues until after I've spoken

🎸 Verse 4:
D MajorD              FF
I was taking my pride in the pleasures I'd known
 G+G               A minorAm
I laughed and thought I'd be forgiven
        D MajorD         FF
But my laughter turned round, eyes blazing, and said
  G+G            A minorAm   D MajorD
"My friend, we're holding a wedding"
 FF     G+G      C majorC      D MajorD
I buried my face, but it spoke once again
     C majorC              D MajorD
It's the night to the day that we're binding
  FF      G+G      C majorC     D MajorD
And now the dark air is like fire on my skin
  C majorC           D MajorD
And even the moonlight is blinding

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