Spirit of the West
                              album:  Labour Day
       (this also appears on Go Figure, but it is a bit different)
        transcribed by Tim Campbell  tcampbel@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca


A5                    A5
I was tired of being put right down by my
D5
self for not being what you thought you had found
A5              A5
Pulled hard in two directions by a
D5
desire to learn and my old affections
A5                        A5
When I tried to share my world with you
D5
you could not seem to tolerate the
A5             A5
people I have grown to love
D5
They shrank under your scrutiny, became the ones you'd hate, why did


  CHORUS:

        A5           A5
        everything, every little thing, every little thing with you and
        D5
        me have to be so political
        A5           A5
        Everything, every little thing, every little thing with you and
        D5            D5    A5        ( A5  D5   D5   A5   A5  D5  A5  E5 )*
        me had to be so political

                * (fill not played before third verse)

A5                      A5
I was feeling a little underwhelmed about
D5
hanging 'round with you and feeling over-cautious
A5                                         A5
Every word, every little look, every little sign, every little
D5
phrase put me deeper in your doghouse
A5                       A5
You'd let me out to run across your world, I
D5
ran into a wall, you told me I built it then you'd
A5                   A5
Reel me in, ream me out, pick me up, push me
D5
out again, and then repeat, why did


  CHORUS
E5                                  D5
Too busy tripping on my tongue, to try and stand my ground
      E5                                          D5
I can still see myself crying in your lap asking you

"Are you happy with the man you have found?"


  HARMONICA SOLO:

A5       A5   D5       D5  (repeated 4 times)

A5                         A5
I'm grateful for what you did for me
      D5
I can see things now I never would have seen
      A5                        A5
And today I thought about what could have been but could
D5
Never be for you and me because

   CHORUS
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     "Don't dwell on what has passed away
      Or what is yet to be."
                                            -L. Cohen
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