Nobody's Man

E Beneath the trees of the Casbah A E Beneath the roots of those trees F#m E On the casket floor F#m E On the casket floor A E Bottom of me, it feels so complete

[Repeat Intro] E Around my childhood museums A E There stand Chinese guards F#m E One of them has a bell F#m E One of them has a bell A E Who rings when I come too close or leave too far E A E You might say that it's reckless, you might say that it's wild F#m A E But I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child

[Repeat Intro] E Now there's splinters in my fingers A E And there's portland cement in my lungs F#m E I got a hammer and a cough F#m E I got a hammer and a cough and A E All of my friends speak in foreign tongues

[Repeat Intro] E There's an ugliness growing up inside me A E From where it has come I don't know F#m E I left my sweetness beside F#m E My sweetness beside A E That girl I goodbyed long ago E A E They might find my body at the bottom of the pile F#m A E But I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child

[Repeat Intro] E Such plans they have, such God's they have A E Deep in this nation of heat F#m E We've been outdone again F#m E We've been outdone again and A E All of my friends they walk on their feet E A E And a congress of jackals will put a tax on my smile F#m A E But I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child E A E I might move to Las Vegas, live there for a while F#m A 'Cause I'd rather be nobody's, nobody's, nobody's F#m A E Yes I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child