Your Possible Pasts

     G                      
They flutter behind you your 
            Am
possible pasts,

     C                         
Some brighteyed and crazy, some 
 D              G
frightened and lost.

  G                              Am
A warning to anyone still in command

C                 D               
Of their possible future, to take 
G
care.

   G                           
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
Do you think we shoud be closer?


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    G                              
She stood in the doorway, the ghost
         Am
 of a smile

C                        D       
Haunting her face like a cheap 
    G
hotel sign.

    G                              
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                                 
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 
           Am
taken in hand

      C                    D      
Shown how to feel good and told to
      G
 feel bad.

G                                 
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?