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Canaries In The Mind - Elliott Murphy
visit www.elliottmurphy.com
played in blues shuffle (barré versions)
the shuffle is :
F5 F6 F5 F6 F5 F6 F5 F6
C5 C6 C5 C6 C5 C6 C5 C6
G5 G6 G5 G6 G5 G6 G5 G6
C5 C6 C5 C6 C5 C6 C5 C6
Intro: F C G C
FYou say the world is doing fine
CExcept for the canaries down in the mine
Gthey’re just not singing anymore
CThey’re lying lifeless on the floor
FSome say love is like oxygen
CAnd since you left me I’ve been suffering
GRound and round like a weathervane I go
CAnd I can’t find which way the wind will blow
FIn fact this whole thing is a mystery
CAnd I’m feeling less and less free
GLocked between the bars of my birth and my death
CWhat my crime was well I can only guess
FBut you were the light in my darkness night
CI was blind when you gave me sight
GTo see all that was beautiful
CMy empty life so lush lush and full
FOh your body was my temple of doom
CA sanctuary and a living tomb
GWhere I was buried in two seconds flat
CI know you said sometimes love is like that
FBut all I have left is a lock of your hair
CAt least I think it’s yours but baby I don’t care
GI you gave me presents I can’t find them now
CYou said you did but I got my doubts
FBecause all you told me were sweet sweet lies
CI could have been one a thousand guys
GYou could never get enough of you
CWho were so shocked when their time was through
FThat’s it for me I’m on my way home
CI’m singing the last verse of like a Rolling Stone
GRest assure I never wanted you to change
CInto something refined or prearranged
FSome say the world is doing fine
CAnd those canaries are done their time
GBut I can’t hear them singing anymore
CI’m nearly lifeless on your floor
(from here he usually starts playing open chords,
keep continuing the F C G C)
Hey now little cha cha cha...