Last Years Man

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[Verse 1]
G                        Em
  The rain falls down on last year's
 man
         F                      
That's a Jews harp on the table, 
          C
that's a crayon in his hand.
        G                        
And the corners of the blue print 
     Em
are ruined since they rolled
    F                            
Far past the stems of thumb tacks 
                  C
that still throw shadows on the 
wood.
        F                    D    
And the skylight is like the skin 
      G               D
for a drum I'll never mend
    G                  Em         
And all the rain falls down, Amen,
        F                    C
 on the works of last year's man.

[Verse 2]
G                                 
  I met a lady, she was playing 
       Em
with her soldiers in the dark
    F                              
Oh, one by one she had to tell them
           C
 that her name was Joan of Arc.
G                           Em
I was in that army, yes I stayed a 
little while
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F                              C
I want to thank you Joan of Arc for 
treating me so well.
F                 D          G  
And tho'  I wear a uniform I was
             D
 not born to fight
          G                Em
All these wounded boys you lie 
                  F           
beside; good night my friends, 
         C
goodnight.

[Verse 3]
G                              
  I came upon a wedding that old 
     Em
fam'lies had contrived
F                        C
Bethlehem the bridegroom Babylon the
 bride.
G                             
Great Babylon was naked Ah! she 
      Em
stood there trembling for me
F                                 
And Bethlehem inflamed us both 
       C
like the shy one at some orgy.
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And when we fell together all our 
G                 D
flesh was like a veil
G                     Em         
That I had to draw aside to see 
       F             C
the serpent eat its tail.

[Verse 4]
G                              
   Some women wait for Jesus and 
        Em
some women wait for Cain
      F                        C
So I hang upon my altar and I hoist 
my axe again.
      G                            
And I take the one who finds me 
      Em
back to where it all began
     F                          
When Jesus was the honeymoon and 
  C
Cain was just the man.
        F                  D   
And we read from pleasant Bibles 
            G                D
that are bound in blood an skin
          G            Em         
That the wilderness is gathering 
        F             C
all its children back again.

[Verse 5]
G                         Em
  The rain falls down on last year's
 man
F                           C
An hour has gone by and he has not 
moved his hand.
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But everything will happen if he 
Em
only gives the word
F                             
The lovers will rise up and the 
    C
mountains touch the ground.
          F               D       
But the skylight is like skin for 
    G               D
a drum I'll never mend
    G                   Em        
And all the rain falls down, Amen,
         F                    C
 on the works of last year's man.