Your Possibile Pasts

    G                                  Am 
They flutter behind you your possible pasts, 
    C                          D              G 
Some brighteyed and crazy, some frightened and lost. 
 G                              Am 
A warning to anyone still in command 
C                 D               G 
Of their possible future, to take care. 
  G                                 Am 
In derelict sidings the poppies entwine 
    C                      D                 G 
With cattle trucks lying in wait for the next time. 
Em 
Do you remember me, how we used to be, 
                        D 
Do you think we shoud be closer? 
 
   G                                       Am 
She stood in the doorway, the ghost of a smile 
C                        D           G 
Haunting her face like a cheap hotel sign. 
   G                                     Am 
Her cold eyes imploring the men in their macs 
       C                         D               G 
For the gold in their bags or the knives in their backs. 
G                                   Am 
Stepping up boldly one put out his hand. 
         C                      D                G 
He said, "I was just a child then, now I‘m only a man." 
Em 
Do you remember me,  how we used to be, 
                         D 
Do you think we should be closer? 
 
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      G                                    Am 
By the cold and religious we were taken in hand 
     C                    D            G 
Shown how to feel good and told to feel bad. 
G                                      Am 
Strung out behind us the banners and flags 
      C                     D           G 
Of our possible pasts lie in tatters and rags. 
Em 
Do you remember me, how we used to be, 
                         D 
Do you think we should be closer?