spare pair of laces
Capo 3rd fret
(chords relative to capo)
slide slide
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B----7---5/3-2-0-----------------------
G --------------2----------------------
D -------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------
Bm F#m
She was seventeen
Bm F#m
She came with a phony dream
Em F#m Bm
Seeking private lives in honest faces
Bm F#m
So she lost her heart
Bm F#m
to a careful kind of guy
Em F#m Bm
Who kept his private lives in other places.
Chorus:
G A F#m G
'Cos a cautious man don't care what kind of shoes he wears
Em F# Bm
As long as he has a spare pair of laces.
So she was drunk with desire
And in his careful way
He measured out his love and let her taste it
But as her giving grew he took from others too
And carefully erased any traces.
'Cos a cautious man don't care what kind of shoes he wears
As long as he has a spare pair of laces.
Bridge:
F# Bm Em A
He'll be prepared for any crises that occur
Em G Em
He'll be prepared to lie and flat deny he ever wanted her
F#
To chase him.
Solo chords:
Bm Em A F#
G A F#m G
'Cos a cautious man don't care what kind of shoes he wears
Em F# G A
As long as he has a spare pair of laces.
Bm F#m
So she was twenty one
Bm F#m
when she saw the light
Em F#m Bm
And left him seeking lies in honest faces
Em F#m Bm
Left him with a spare pair of laces.
Another version by Jakob:
Dm Am Dm Am
She was seventeen she came with a phoney dream
Gm Am Dm
seeking private lifes in honest faces
Am Dm Am
So she lost her heart to a carefull kinded guy
Gm Am Dm
kept his private life in other places
Bb C
'Cause a cautious man don't care
Am Bb
what kind of shoes he wears
Gm A Dm
as long as he has a spare pair of laces
Am Dm
So she was drunk with desire
Am
and in his carefull way
Gm Am Dm
he measured out his love and let her taste it
Am Dm
But as her given glue?
Am
he took from of this too
Gm Am Dm
carefully erased any traces
'Cause a cautious..
A Dm Gm C
He'll be prepared for any crisis that occur
Gm Bb
he'll be prepared to lie and flat deny
Gm A
he ever wanted her - to trace him
solo (Dm Gm C A)
Bb C
'Cause a cautious man don't care
Am Bb
what kind of shoes he wears
Gm A Bb C
as long as he has a spare pair of laces
Dm Am Dm Am
So she was twenty-one when she saw the light
Gm Am Dm
and left him seeking lifes in honest faces
Gm Am Dm
left him with a spare pair of laces
Transcribed by Jakob Lose