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The Crippled Lion

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Crippled Lion
Michael Nesmith
[Intro]
|    C|   Cm|   D7|   D7|
[Verse 1]
GSlowly I walk through the Fgently pouring rain
CI know that I will Cmnever pass this way again
  GNever Bm7/F#wondering Emwhy E7-    AmTeardrops Dchafing my Geyes
[Verse 2]
GLonging to be where the Fmelted kisses fall
CLingering and still, while Cmquietly they tell their all
  GBlue is the Bm7/F#color of the EmsunE7  
And Amnothing stops when Deverything is Gdone
[Bridge]
Now my Cwhole world D7opens up in Gdifferent rhymes and Emtunes
With Chighways D7making up the Gverse
And then Esuddenly I see the light of Amsomething called the moon
And Cthough my path is Cmplanned it's not reD7hearsed
[Verse 3]
GSo I move along to the Fnext thing on the list
CKnowing full well that Cmsome of them just don't exist
  GBut I am Bm7/F#finally aEmloneE7  
And Amwhere my foot steps Ddown is where it's Ghome
[Instrumental]
|    C|    D|    G|   Em|
|    C|   D7|    G|    G|
|    E|    E|   Am|   Am|
|    C|   Cm|   D7|   D7|
[Verse 4]
GSo I move along to the Fnext thing on the list
CKnowing full well that Cmsome of them just don't exist
  GBut I am Bm7/F#finally aEmloneE7  
And Amwhere my foot steps Ddown is where it's Ghome
And Amwhere my foot steps D7down is where it's Ghome

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The Crippled Lion

by Michael Nesmith

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bm7/F#

Crippled Lion

Michael Nesmith

[Intro]

C Cm D7 D7

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[Verse 1]

G F

Slowly I walk through the gently pouring rain

C Cm

I know that I will never pass this way again

G Bm7/F# Em E7 Am D G

Never wondering why - Teardrops chafing my eyes

[Verse 2]

G F

Longing to be where the melted kisses fall

C Cm

Lingering and still, while quietly they tell their all

G Bm7/F# Em E7

Blue is the color of the sun

Am D G

And nothing stops when everything is done

[Bridge]

C D7 G Em

Now my whole world opens up in different rhymes and tunes

C D7 G

With highways making up the verse

E Am

And then suddenly I see the light of something called the moon

C Cm D7

And though my path is planned it's not rehearsed

[Verse 3]

G F

So I move along to the next thing on the list

C Cm

Knowing full well that some of them just don't exist

G Bm7/F# Em E7

But I am finally alone

Am D G

And where my foot steps down is where it's home

[Instrumental]

C D G Em

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C D7 G G

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E E Am Am

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C Cm D7 D7

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[Verse 4]

G F

So I move along to the next thing on the list

C Cm

Knowing full well that some of them just don't exist

G Bm7/F# Em E7

But I am finally alone

Am D G

And where my foot steps down is where it's home

Am D7 G

And where my foot steps down is where it's home

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