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Lungs by Townes Van Zandt - Guitar Chords

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            Lungs Written and Performed by the great Townes Van Zandt
I noticed that the chords in the other version posted on UG seemed to be 
incorrect, though the intro was spot on. Lungs is musically very simple (the 
lyrics are a different story entirely!). You'll only need Em and D.


[Verse 1]

Em
Wont you lend your lungs to me
D              Em
Mine are collapsing 
Em
Plant my feet and bitterly
D                                            Em
Breathe up the time that's passing
D                             Em                (D)
Breath I'll give and breath I'll take
D                                       Em                
And pray the day's not poison
Em                         D             Em
Stand among the ones that live 
Em          D     Em
In lonely indecision


[Verse 2]
Em
Fingers walk the darkness down
D                 Em
Mind is on the midnight
Em
Gather up the gold you've found
D                                            Em
You fool it's only moonlight
D                      Em                       (D)
And if you try to take it home
D                                 Em
Your hands'll turn to butter
Em                       D         Em
Better leave this dream alone
Em        D    Em
Try to find another


[Verse 3]
Em
Salvation sat and crossed herself
D                      Em
And called the devil partner
Em
Wisdom burned upon a shelf
D
Who'll kill the raging cancer?
Em
Seal the river at its mouth
D
Take the water prisoner
D                              Em
Fill the sky with screams and cries
D
Bathe in fiery answer



[Verse 4]
Em
Jesus was an only son
D              Em
Love his only concept
Em
Strangers cry in foreign tongues 
D
And dirty up the doorstep
Em
And I for one and you for two
D
Ain't got the time for outside
D
Just keep your injured looks to you
D                        Em
We'll tell the world we tried 
        

We also have 35 songs by Townes Van Zandt

• At My Window
• Be Here To Love Me
• Buckskin Stallion Blues
• Colorado Girl
• Columbine
• Dont Take It Too Bad
• Dont You Take It Too Bad
• Fare Thee Well Miss Carousel
• Flyin Shoes
• For The Sake Of The Song
• If I Needed You
• Ill Be Here In The Morning
• Kathleen
• Like A Summer Thursday
• Loretta
• Lungs
• Mr Mudd And Mr Gold
• My Proud Mountains
• No Place To Fall
• None But The Rain
• Nothin
• Our Mother The Mountain
• Pancho And Lefty
• Quicksilver Daydreams Of Maria
• Rake
• Rexs Blues
• She Came And She Touched Me
• Snake Mountain Blues
• Snowin On Raton
• Tecumseh Valley
• To Live Is To Fly
• Tower Song
• Waitin Around To Die
• White Freight Liner Blues
• White Freightliner Blues

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