Nobody's Man

Capo 2 Intro: D/G D D Beneath the trees of the Casbah G D Beneath the roots of those trees Em D On the casket floor Em D On the casket floor G D Bottom of me, it feels so complete Intro D Around my childhood museums G G There stand Chinese guards Em D One of them has a bell Em D One of them has a bell G D Who rings when I come too close or leave too far D G D You might say that it's reckless, you might say that it's wild Em G D But I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child Intro D Now there's splinters in my fingers G D And there's portland cement in my lungs Em D I got a hammer and a cough Em D I got a hammer and a cough and G D All of my friends speak in foreign tongues Intro D There's an ugliness growing up inside me G D From where it has come I don't know Em D I left my sweetness beside Em D My sweetness beside G D That girl I goodbyed long ago D G D They might find my body at the bottom of the pile Em G D But I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child Repeat Intro D Such plans they have, such God's they have G D Deep in this nation of heat Em D We've been outdone again Em D We've been outdone again and G D All of my friends they walk on their feet D G D And a congress of jackals will put a tax on my smile Em G D But I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child D G D I might move to Las Vegas, live there for a while Em G 'Cause I'd rather be nobody's, nobody's, nobody's Em G D Yes I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child