F#m 2-4-4-2-2-2Eadd9 0-2-4-1-0-0E9 0-7-6-7-7-0A A6 D/A When sadness fills your heartF#m Eadd9 E9 And sorrow hides the longing to be freeA A6 D/A When things go wrong each dayF#m Eadd9 E9 You fix your mind to 'scape your miseryF#m Your troubled young lifeA A6 Had made you turnD/A Eadd9 E9 To a needle of deathA A6 D/A How strange, your happy wordsF#m Eadd9 E9 Have ceased to bring a smile from everyoneA A6 D/A How tears have filled the eyesF#m Eadd9 E9 Of friends that you once had walked amongF#m Your troubled young lifeA A6 Had made you turnD/A Eadd9 E9 To a needle of deathA A6 D/A One grain of pure white snowF#m Eadd9 E9 Dissolved in blood spread quickly to your brainA A6 D/A In peace your mind withdrawsF#m Eadd9 E9 Your death's so near your soul can't feel no painF#m Your troubled young lifeA A6 Had made you turnD/A Eadd9 E9 To a needle of deathA A6 D/A Your mother stands a'cryin'F#m Eadd9 E9 While to the earth your body's slowly castA A6 D/A Your father stands in silenceF#m Eadd9 E9 Caressing every young dream of the pastF#m Your troubled young lifeA A6 Had made you turnD/A Eadd9 E9 To a needle of deathA A6 D/A Through ages, man's desiresF#m Eadd9 E9 To free his mind, to release his very soulA A6 D/A Has proved to all who liveF#m Eadd9 E9 That death itself is freedom for evermoreF#m Your troubled young lifeA A6 Had made you turnD/A Eadd9 E9 To a needle of death
Needle of death
Bert Jansch
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