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Flickering Flame
Tuning:E  
EWhen my neurons conspire to direct my thoughts
AAway from divorce and competitive sports
EBack to the place where all rivers run to thBe sea
AThen I......I shaEll be free
AYes I.......I shaEll be free        
COn a see-saw in a strange land
FThe jackdaw sat on the cardinals hand
CAnd the fiddlers played
And the planners plan what would be
G        G7       G        G7
COn a back seat in a court room
Fsat Molly Malone and Leopold Bloom
CUntil the police came down with a new broom
And swept them clean 
G        G7       G        G7
AmLike Geronimo 
Like Quinn the Eskimo
EmLike the Blackfoot
And like the Arapaho
AmLike Crazy Horse
I'll be the last one to lay down my Dgun………
        G          C          G          C          G  G/F#  Em   D   C  D  
COn the open road in a bar room
FA pick up band plays a new tune
CWhen the coloured girls sing
I feel my heart boom
G        G7       G        G7
CWhen a new song hits the right note
FWhen a clearing in the sky saves an old boat
CWhen an insight strikes the mote
From my own eye
G        G7       G        G7
AmLike Geronimo 
Like Quinn the Eskimo
EmLike Blackfoot
And like the Arapaho
AmLike Crazy Horse
I'll be the last one to lay down mDy gun………
G        C        G        C
GThey're tG/F#he same bEmeyond the Dnext plain
I'll feel the heat of the flickering Eflame
        E          A          E   B7x2
                A             Ex2
COn an African Plain by a thorn tree
FMy old friend Philippe is waiting for me 
CQuelle sera, sera
What ever will be will be
G        G7       G        G7
CWhen a friend dies and the tears rise
FFrom that deep well that never runs dry
CAnd the women break their bracelets
And the men take their whisky outside
G        G7       G        G7
Am       Em       Am       D
        G          C          G          C          G  G/F#            Em          D          C  D  
EIn a pied 'a' terre 
Aon the rue St Denis 
EThe red velvet curtain pulls back to reveal
B7The place where the dark side meets the angel in me………..
the angel in meE  
CWhen my synapses pause in their quest for applause
FWhen my ego lets go of its end of the bone
CTo focus instead on a love that is precious to me
G                G7
FThen I……………..I shCall be free
***repeat above line***

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Flickering Flame

by Roger Waters

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G/F#

Flickering Flame

Tuning:

When my neurons conspire to direct my thoughts

Away from divorce and competitive sports

E B

Back to the place where all rivers run to the sea

A E

Then I......I shall be free

A E

Yes I.......I shall be free

On a see-saw in a strange land

The jackdaw sat on the cardinals hand

And the fiddlers played

And the planners plan what would be

G G7 G G7

On a back seat in a court room

sat Molly Malone and Leopold Bloom

Until the police came down with a new broom

And swept them clean

G G7 G G7

Like Geronimo

Like Quinn the Eskimo

Like the Blackfoot

And like the Arapaho

Like Crazy Horse

I'll be the last one to lay down my gun………

G C G C G G Em D C D

/F#

On the open road in a bar room

A pick up band plays a new tune

When the coloured girls sing

I feel my heart boom

G G7 G G7

When a new song hits the right note

When a clearing in the sky saves an old boat

When an insight strikes the mote

From my own eye

G G7 G G7

Like Geronimo

Like Quinn the Eskimo

Like Blackfoot

And like the Arapaho

Like Crazy Horse

I'll be the last one to lay down my gun………

G C G C

G G/F# Em D

They're the same beyond the next plain

I'll feel the heat of the flickering flame

E A E B7

A E

On an African Plain by a thorn tree

My old friend Philippe is waiting for me

Quelle sera, sera

What ever will be will be

G G7 G G7

When a friend dies and the tears rise

From that deep well that never runs dry

And the women break their bracelets

And the men take their whisky outside

G G7 G G7

Am Em Am D

G C G C G G Em D C D

/F#

In a pied 'a' terre

on the rue St Denis

The red velvet curtain pulls back to reveal

The place where the dark side meets the angel in me………..

the angel in me

When my synapses pause in their quest for applause

When my ego lets go of its end of the bone

To focus instead on a love that is precious to me

G G7

F C

Then I……………..I shall be free

***repeat above line***

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