• Song:

    Playing Possum

  • Artist:

    Carly Simon

  • Album:

    Playing Possum

Playing Possum from Playing Possum - 1975

D (xx0232@1)                E7We (020130@1)lived up in Cambridge
      Amaj7 (x02120@1)        F#m7 (131141@2)       GAnd (320003@1)browsed in the hippest newsstands
           D (xx0232@1)                 GThen (320003@1)we started our own newspaper
           C (x32010@1)                 Bm7Gave (x20202@1)the truth about Uncle Sam
A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)              E7We (020130@1)loved to be so radical
             Amaj7 (x02120@1)       GBut (320003@1)like a ragged love affair
       D (xx0232@1)           GSome (320003@1)became disenchanted
      C (x32010@1)                  DAnd (xx0232@1)some of us just got scared

                       ANow (x02220@1)are you playing possum
Keeping a low profile
           D (xx0232@1)                 AAre (x02220@1)you playing possum for a while

D (xx0232@1)                E7Then (020130@1)you moved to the country
        Amaj7 (x02120@1)   F#m7 (131141@2)       GBought (320003@1)a farm and tilled the land
           D (xx0232@1)                 GThen (320003@1)you took your books to India
           C (x32010@1)                 
And got hooked on a holy man
D (xx0232@1)                       E7But (020130@1)the wells they do run dry
           Amaj7 (x02120@1)F#m7 (131141@2)   GAnd (320003@1)the speeches turn to words
         D (xx0232@1)                GAnd (320003@1)the woods are full of tigers
       C (x32010@1)               DAnd (xx0232@1)freedom's for the birds

                      ANow (x02220@1)are you playing possum
Keeping a low profile
           D (xx0232@1)                 AAre (x02220@1)you playing possum for a while

D (xx0232@1)               E7Now (020130@1)you run a bookstore
           Amaj7 (x02120@1)name="chord_131141@2">F#m7  G (320003@1)   
And you've taken on a wife
            D (xx0232@1)            GYou (320003@1)wear patches on your elbows
          C (x32010@1)  
And you live an easy life
A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)              E7Well, (020130@1)are you finally satisfied
                Amaj7 (x02120@1)       GIs (320003@1)it what you were lookin' for
D (xx0232@1)           GOr (320003@1)does it sneak up on you
 C (x32010@1)                  DThat (xx0232@1)there might be something more

                      ANow (x02220@1)are you playing possum
Keeping a low profile
           D (xx0232@1)                 AAre (x02220@1)you playing possum for a while
           D (xx0232@1)                 AAre (x02220@1)you just playing possum for a while
           D (xx0232@1)                 AAre (x02220@1)you just playing possum for a while




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