Cautious Man chords by Bruce Springsteen

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Bill Horton was a cautious man of the road

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He walked lookin' over his shoulder and remained faithful to its code

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When something caught his eye he'd measure his need

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And then very carefully he'd proceed


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Billy met a yound girl in the early days of May

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It was there in her arms he let his cautiousness slip away

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In their lovers twilight as the evening sky grew dim

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He'd lay back in her arms and laugh what had happened to him


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On his right hand Billy tatooed the word love

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And on his left hand was the word fear

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And in which hand he held his fate was never clear

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Come Indian summer he took his young lover for his bride

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And with own hands built a great house down by the riverside


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Now Billy was an honest man he wanted to do what was right

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He worked hard to fill their lives with happy days and loving nights

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Alone on his knees in the darkness for steadiness he'd pray

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For he knew in a restless heart the seed of betrayal lay


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One night Billy awoke from a terrible dream callin' his wife's name

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She lay breathing beside him in a peaceful sleep a thousand miles away

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He got dressed in the moonlight and down to the highway he strode

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When he got there he didn't find nothing but road


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Billy felt a coldness rise up inside him that he couldn't name

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Just as the words tattooed 'cross his knuckles he knew would always remain

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At their bedside he brushed the hair from his wife's face

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 as the moon shone on her skin so white

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Filling their room with the beauty of God's fallen light


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