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
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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
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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
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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
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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