[Intro]
| Aadd11/D | Gadd9/D |
[Verse 1]
Aadd11/D
Gadd9/D Aadd11/D
There's a man who's been out sailing
Gadd9/D
In a decade full of dreams
Aadd11/D Gadd9/D
And he takes her to a schooner
D A7sus4/D
And he treats her like a queen
Aadd11/D Gadd9/D
Bearing beads from California
Aadd11/D Gadd9/D
With their amber stones and green
D
He has called her from the harbor
[Chorus]
Gadd9/D D
He has kissed her with his freedom
Gadd9/D D
He has heard her off to starboard
Gadd9/D A7sus4/D
In the breaking and the breathing
D A7sus4/D
Of the water weeds
Aadd11/D Gadd9/D D Gadd9/D D
While she was bu sy being free
[Verse 2]
Aadd11/D
There's a man who's climbed a mountain
Gadd9/D
And he's calling out her name
Aadd11/D Gadd9/D
And he hopes her heart can hear three thousand
D
miles
A7sus4/D
He calls again
Aadd11/D Gadd9/D
He can think her there beside him
Aadd11/D Gadd9/D
He can miss her just the same
D
He has missed her in the forest
[Chorus]
Gadd9/D D
While he showed her all the flowers
Gadd9/D D
And the branches sang the chorus
Gadd9/D A7sus4/D
As he climbed the scaley towers
D A7sus4/D
Of a forest tree
Aadd11/D Gadd9/D D Gadd9/D D
While she was some where being free
[Verse 3]
Aadd11/D
There's a man who's sent a letter
Gadd9/D
And he's waiting for reply
Aadd11/D Gadd9/D
He has asked her of her travels
D A7sus4/D
Since the day they said goodbye
Aadd11/D Gadd9/D
He writes "Wish you were beside me
Aadd11/D Gadd9/D
We can make it if we try"
D
He has seen her at the office
[Chorus]
Gadd9/D D
With her name on all his papers
Gadd9/D D
Through the sharing of the profits
Gadd9/D A7sus4/D
He will find it hard to shake her
D A7sus4/D
From his memory
Aadd11/D Gadd9/D D Gadd9/D D
And she's so bu sy being free
[Verse 4]
Aadd11/D
There's a lady in the city
Gadd9/D
And she thinks she loves them all
Aadd11/D Gadd9/D
There's the one who's thinking of her
D A7sus4/D
There's the one who sometimes calls
Aadd11/D Gadd9/D
There's the one who writes her letters
Aadd11/D Gadd9/D
With his facts and figures scrawl
D
She has brought them to her senses
[Chorus]
Gadd9/D D
They have laughed inside her laughter
Gadd9/D D
Now she rallies her defen ses
Gadd9/D A7sus4/D
For she fears that one will ask her
D A7sus4/D
For eternity
Aadd11/D Gadd9/D D Gadd9/D D
And she's so busy being free
[Verse 5]
Aadd11/D
There's a man who sends her medals
He is bleeding from the war
D A7sus4/D
There's a jouster and a jester and a man who owns a store
Aadd11/D Gadd9/D
There's a drummer and a dreamer
Aadd11/D Gadd9/D
And you know there may be more
D
She will love them when she sees them
[Chorus]
Gadd9/D D
They will lose her if they follow
Gadd9/D D
And she only means to please them
Gadd9/D A7sus4/D
And her heart is full and hollow
D A7sus4/D
Like a cactus tree
Aadd11/D Gadd9/D D Gadd9/D D
While she's so bu sy being free
[Outro]
D A7sus4/D
Like a cactus tree
Gadd9/D D Gadd9/D
being free
D Gadd9/D D Gadd9/D D
[Intro]
| Aadd11/D | Gadd9/D |
[Verse 1]
| Aadd11/D - | Gadd9/D - |
| Aadd11/D - | Gadd9/D - | Aadd11/D Gadd9/D | D A7sus4/D |
| Aadd11/D Gadd9/D | Aadd11/D Gadd9/D | - - | - - |
| D - |
There's a man who's been out sailing
In a decade full of dreams
And he takes her to a schooner
And he treats her like a queen
Bearing beads from California
With their amber stones and green
He has called her from the harbor
[Chorus]
| Gadd9/D D | - Gadd9/D | D - |
| Gadd9/D A7sus4/D | D - | A7sus4/D - | Aadd11/D Gadd9/D |
| D Gadd9/D | D - |
He has kissed her with his freedom
He has heard her off to starboard
In the breaking and the breathing
Of the water weeds
While she was bu sy being free
[Verse 2]
| Aadd11/D - | Gadd9/D - |
| Aadd11/D Gadd9/D | D A7sus4/D | Aadd11/D Gadd9/D | Aadd11/D Gadd9/D |
| - - | - - | D - |
There's a man who's climbed a mountain
And he's calling out her name
And he hopes her heart can hear three thousand
miles
He calls again
He can think her there beside him
He can miss her just the same
He has missed her in the forest
[Chorus]
| Gadd9/D D |
| - Gadd9/D | D - | Gadd9/D A7sus4/D | D - |
| A7sus4/D - | Aadd11/D Gadd9/D | D Gadd9/D | D - |
While he showed her all the flowers
And the branches sang the chorus
As he climbed the scaley towers
Of a forest tree
While she was some where being free
[Verse 3]
| Aadd11/D - | Gadd9/D - | Aadd11/D Gadd9/D | D A7sus4/D |
| Aadd11/D Gadd9/D | Aadd11/D Gadd9/D | - - | - - |
| D - |
There's a man who's sent a letter
And he's waiting for reply
He has asked her of her travels
Since the day they said goodbye
He writes "Wish you were beside me
We can make it if we try"
He has seen her at the office
[Chorus]
| Gadd9/D D | - Gadd9/D | D - |
| Gadd9/D A7sus4/D | D - | A7sus4/D - | Aadd11/D Gadd9/D |
| D Gadd9/D | D - |
With her name on all his papers
Through the sharing of the profits
He will find it hard to shake her
From his memory
And she's so bu sy being free
[Verse 4]
| Aadd11/D - | Gadd9/D - |
| Aadd11/D Gadd9/D | D A7sus4/D | Aadd11/D Gadd9/D | Aadd11/D Gadd9/D |
| - - | - - | D - |
There's a lady in the city
And she thinks she loves them all
There's the one who's thinking of her
There's the one who sometimes calls
There's the one who writes her letters
With his facts and figures scrawl
She has brought them to her senses
[Chorus]
| Gadd9/D D |
| - Gadd9/D | D - | Gadd9/D A7sus4/D | D - |
| A7sus4/D - | Aadd11/D Gadd9/D | D Gadd9/D | D - |
They have laughed inside her laughter
Now she rallies her defen ses
For she fears that one will ask her
For eternity
And she's so busy being free
[Verse 5]
| Aadd11/D - | - - | - - | D A7sus4/D |
| Aadd11/D Gadd9/D | Aadd11/D Gadd9/D | - - | - - |
| D - |
There's a man who sends her medals
He is bleeding from the war
There's a jouster and a jester and a man who owns a store
There's a drummer and a dreamer
And you know there may be more
She will love them when she sees them
[Chorus]
| Gadd9/D D | - Gadd9/D | D - |
| Gadd9/D A7sus4/D | D - | A7sus4/D - | Aadd11/D Gadd9/D |
| D Gadd9/D | D - |
They will lose her if they follow
And she only means to please them
And her heart is full and hollow
Like a cactus tree
While she's so bu sy being free
[Outro]
| D - - - | A7sus4/D - - - |
| Gadd9/D - - - | - - - - | D - Gadd9/D - | D - Gadd9/D - |
| D - Gadd9/D - | - - - - | - - - D |
Like a cactus tree
being free
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