Biting Your Tail

C
 May your eyes be wide and seeing
F
 May your learn from the view where 
you're kneeling
C
 Know the fear of the world that 
you're feeling
G
 Is the fear of a slave

C
 May you know how the fight was 
started
F
 Want as much for the snake as the 
garden
C                       G
 Wear them both like a glove
               C
 That you can wave

C
 May your mouth betray your wisdom
F
 May you get what they fail to 
mention
C
 May your love be your only religion
G
 Preach it to us all

C
 May you lose what you offer gladly
F
 May you worship the time and it's 
passing
C                   G
 stars won't ever wait for you
                C
 to watch them fall

Am
 We're the smoke on a burnt horizon
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F
 We're the boat on a tide that's 
rising
C
 Both the post and the pig you're 
untying
G
 Butcher gone for the blade

Am
 Someday we may all be happy
F
 Someday all make a face worth 
slapping
C
 Someday we may be shocked to be 
laughing
G
 At the way we behave

C
 May your hands be strong and 
willing
F
 May you know when to speak and to 
listen
C
 May you find every friend that 
you're missing
G
 There's no check in the mail

C
 May you end up bruised and purple
F
 Know that peace is the shape of a 
circle
C                    G
 Round and round you go
              C
 Biting your tail

(Bridge: C F C G C)

Am
 We're the children and the wind is 
whipping
F
 The short hands on the clock still 
ticking
C
 Both the egg and the red fox 
grinning
G
 His belly full for the day

Am
 Someday we may all want nothing
F
 And all forget that we'll get 
what's coming
C
 Someday all say the world was 
something
G
 That we just couldn't change

C
 May your tongue be soft and wicked
F
 Know your part in the calf and the 
killing
C
 See straight through the captain 
you're kissing
G
 Helm loose in his hand

C
 May your words be well worth 
stealing
F
 Put your hand on your heart while 
singing
C                    G
 Choirs sick of the song
                      C
 But they still gotta stand