Canute - a song by Alan Robinson
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CANUTE
Picking pattern P I M A M I M A
or P I M A for short chords
e-7 is in 2nd inversion , other chords all root postion.i.e X2OO3O
1st F chord is a half barre , 2nd is full barre
a- F G C e-7 a-
Maybe it's time, to recognise the world, for what it is
G F a- G
and not believe, it is as we wish
a- F G C
though I would not claim, to see the truth
e-7 a- G F a- G
with any clear divining light, I perceive this
a- e-7 C D e- (CII) D
I will never be the man I want to be
a- e-7 C D e- (CII) D
I will never find the courage hidden in me
a- e-7 C D
I will never open up
a- e-7 C D
or brave the fire or taste the cup
a- e-7 C D e- (CII) D
I will never bare the face and, take a look
a- F G C e-7 a-
I once dreamed, in Eden this, that I would walk
G F a- G
and if I'd fall, then I would rise
a- F G C e-7 a-
but in this life, I've lived to find,that I can't keep
G F a- G
reality, smothered in lies
a- e-7 C D e- (CII) D
It rises like the tide the foolish king denies
a- e-7 C D e- (CII) D
it sinks into my conscience and will refuse to die
a- e-7 C D
it seeps in when the heart is beating
a- e-7 C D
creeps in with the need of needing
a- e-7 C D e- (CII) D a-
tears the heart from tender hope to bleeding