Rake chords by Townes Van Zandt
Guitar chords with lyrics
Artist: Townes van Zandt
Song: Rake
Time: 3/4
Album Version: Be Here to Love Me
Intro:
Dm Dm F F G G Dm Dm Dm Dm
Verse:
Dm F
I used to wake and run with the moon
G Dm
I lived like a rake and a young man
F
I covered my lovers with flowers and wounds
G Dm
My laughter the devil would frighten
F G F Dm
The sun she would come and beat me back down
C Dm
But every cruel day had its nightfall
F G F Dm
I'd welcome the stars with wine and guitars
C Dm
Full of fire and forgetful
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Verse:
Dm F
My body was sharp the dark air clean
G Dm
And outrage my joyful companion
F
Whisperin' women how sweet did they seem
G Dm
Kneelin' for me to command them
F G F Dm
And time was like water but I was the sea
C Dm
I wouldn't noticed it passin'
F G F Dm
Except for the turnin' of night into day
C Dm
And the turnin' of day into cursin'
Verse:
Dm F
Well you look at me now, don't think I don't know
G Dm
What all your eyes are a sayin'
F
Does he want us to believe these ravings and lies
G Dm
They're just tricks that his brains been a playin'
F G F Dm
A lover of women he can't hardly stand
C Dm
He trembles he's bent and he's broken
F G F Dm
I've fallen it's true but I say to you
C Dm
Hold your tongues until after I've spoken
Instrumental:
F F G G Dm Dm
Verse:
Dm F
I was takin' my pride in the pleasures I'd known
G Dm
I laughed and said I'll be forgiven
F
But my laughter turned 'round eyes blazing and said
G Dm
My friend, we're holdin' a wedding
F G F Dm
I buried my face but it spoke once again
C Dm
The night to the day we're a bindin'
F G F Dm
And now the dark air is like fire on my skin
C Dm
And even the moonlight is blinding
F G F Dm
And now the dark air is like fire on my skin
C Dm
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