Your Possible Pasts

    G                       
They flutter behind you your 
 D        Am
possible pasts,
     C                         
Some brighteyed and crazy, some 
 D              G
frightened and lost.
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A warning to anyone still in command
C                 D               
Of their possible future, to take 
G
care.
   G                    D     
In derelict sidings the poppies 
     Am
entwine
     C                      D     
With cattle trucks lying in wait 
            G
for the next time.
Em
Do you remember me, how we used to 
be,
                         D        C
Do you think we shoud be closer?

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    G                         D   
She stood in the doorway, the 
        Am
ghost of a smile
C                        D       
Haunting her face like a cheap 
    G
hotel sign.
    G                       D     
Her cold eyes imploring the men in
       Am
 their macs
        C                         
For the gold in their bags or the 
D               G
knives in their backs.
G                      D          
Stepping up boldly one put out his
 Am
 hand.
          C                      D
He said, "I was just a child then,
                G
 now I'm only a man."
Em
Do you remember me,  how we used to 
be,
                          D
Do you think we should be closer?

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       G                          
By the cold and religious we were 
D        Am
taken in hand
      C                    D      
Shown how to feel good and told to
      G
 feel bad.
G                        D       
Strung out behind us the banners 
    Am
and flags
       C                     D    
Of our possible pasts lie in 
       G
tatters and rags.
Em
Do you remember me, how we used to 
be,
                          D
Do you think we should be closer?