Cautious Man

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Bill Horton was a cautious man of 
the road
          G                        
He walked lookin' over his shoulder
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 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

                              C
Billy met a yound girl in the early 
days of May
        G                          
It was there in her arms he let his
   Bm               C
 cautiousness slip away
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In their lovers twilight as the 
  C
evening sky grew dim
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He'd lay back in her arms and 
                       G
laugh what had happened to him

       C
On his right hand Billy tatooed the 
word love
           Bm
And on his left hand was the word 
fear
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And in which hand he held his fate 
              D
was never clear
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Come Indian summer he took his 
  C
young lover for his bride
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And with own hands built a great 
       D                   G
house down by the riverside

(G   C   G   G   D)

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Now Billy was an honest man he 
wanted to do what was right
    G                              
He worked hard to fill their lives 
                              D
with happy days and loving nights
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Alone on his knees in the darkness 
     C
for steadiness he'd pray
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For he knew in a restless heart 
                    G
the seed of betrayal lay

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One night Billy awoke from a 
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terrible dream callin' his wife's 
name
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She lay breathing beside him in a 
                                  D
peaceful sleep a thousand miles away
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He got dressed in the moonlight 
   C
and down to the highway he strode
         G               D     
When he got there he didn't find 
                 G
nothing but road

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Billy felt a coldness rise up 
      C
inside him that he couldn't name
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Just as the words tattooed 'cross 
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his knuckles he knew would always 
   C
remain
          G
At their bedside he brushed the hair
 from his wife's face
        C
 as the moon shone on her skin so 
white
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Filling their room with the beauty 
 D                G
of God's fallen light