Rake chords by Steve Earle

Key: D

🎸 Intro:

D   F   G  D



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

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

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

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