Roger Waters - Flickering flame
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Flickering Flame
Tuning:E
EWhen my neurons conspire to direct my thoughts
AAway from divorce and competitive sports
EBack to the place where all rivers run to thBe sea
AThen I......I shaEll be free
AYes I.......I shaEll be free
COn a see-saw in a strange land
FThe jackdaw sat on the cardinals hand
CAnd the fiddlers played
And the planners plan what would be
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COn a back seat in a court room
Fsat Molly Malone and Leopold Bloom
CUntil the police came down with a new broom
And swept them clean
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AmLike Geronimo
Like Quinn the Eskimo
EmLike the Blackfoot
And like the Arapaho
AmLike Crazy Horse
I'll be the last one to lay down myD gun
G C G C G G/F# Em D C D
COn the open road in a bar room
FA pick up band plays a new tune
CWhen the coloured girls sing
I feel my heart boom
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CWhen a new song hits the right note
FWhen a clearing in the sky saves an old boat
CWhen an insight strikes the mote
From my own eye
G G7 G G7
AmLike Geronimo
Like Quinn the Eskimo
EmLike Blackfoot
And like the Arapaho
AmLike Crazy Horse
I'll be the last one to lay down mDy gun
G C G C
GThey're tG/F#he same bEmeyond theD next plain
I'll feel the heat of the flickeringE flame
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COn an African Plain by a thorn tree
FMy old friend Philippe is waiting for me
CQuelle sera, sera
What ever will be will be
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CWhen a friend dies and the tears rise
FFrom that deep well that never runs dry
CAnd the women break their bracelets
And the men take their whisky outside
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Am Em Am D
G C G C G G/F# Em D C D
EIn a pied 'a' terre
Aon the rue St Denis
EThe red velvet curtain pulls back to reveal
B7The place where the dark side meets the angel in me
..
the angel in me E
CWhen my synapses pause in their quest for applause
FWhen my ego lets go of its end of the bone
CTo focus instead on a love that is precious to me
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FThen I
.C.I shall be free
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