Blanket and Crib
Piano Intro:
C F C F
C
Safe, safe — enj
Safe, safe — enj
F
oy your time feeling so
oy your time feeling so
C
safe,
safe,
and
F
treasure that smile on your
treasure that smile on your
C
face, okay?
face, okay?
caus
Am
e time will see that it’s r
e time will see that it’s r
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eplaced in a
eplaced in a
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while
while
So go on &
C
smile, smile, han
smile, smile, han
F
dshakes all around, that’s you
dshakes all around, that’s you
C
r style
r style
and
F
no one would call it
no one would call it
C
denial, for you’re
denial, for you’re
not
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even sure what’s i
even sure what’s i
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n store, though it’
n store, though it’
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s more
s more
than you’ll be
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able to
able to
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take standing up s
take standing up s
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traight. And it won’t be
traight. And it won’t be
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okay.
okay.
And you won’t be
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somebody
somebody
C
who it’s just happening
who it’s just happening
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to,
to,
it’s a trap that
D
you, and only you,
you, and only you,
have
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laid. Laid with a t
laid. Laid with a t
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owel up over your f
owel up over your f
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ace,
ace,
in your
F
armchair, just lying in
armchair, just lying in
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wait, waiting
wait, waiting
Am
forces were gathering
forces were gathering
D
outside your do
outside your do
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or.
or.
They sharpened their
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knives and s
knives and s
F
miled with no smiles in their e
miled with no smiles in their e
C
yes,
yes,
a l
F
ittle bit larger in
ittle bit larger in
C
size
size
and a l
Am
ittle bit hungrier
ittle bit hungrier
D
for that tiny pri
for that tiny pri
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ze.
ze.
And my
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mother she sa
mother she sa
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id “Son, remember th
id “Son, remember th
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is, no matter what someone d
is, no matter what someone d
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id:
id:
that they
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once were just a
once were just a
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kid at breast and in
kid at breast and in
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bib, in blanket and c
bib, in blanket and c
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rib.
rib.
So just
F
reach inside
reach inside
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yourself and find th
yourself and find th
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at part that still needs
at part that still needs
F
help,
help,
find tha
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t part in someone
t part in someone
C
else and you’ll do g
else and you’ll do g
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ood,” so I thought that I w
ood,” so I thought that I w
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ould.
ould.
horn break:
C F C F
C
Hey, hey - I
Hey, hey - I
F
love you, it goes without
love you, it goes without
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saying.
saying.
I would
F
give you the world on a
give you the world on a
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tray,
tray,
though they’re
Am
already tracing a
already tracing a
D
line across your th
line across your th
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roat.
roat.
Far too
C
late in the game you’ll
late in the game you’ll
F
find that you have been b
find that you have been b
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etrayed:
etrayed:
propped
F
up and pushed into your
up and pushed into your
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place
place
I could
Am
claim that it all would go
claim that it all would go
D
great, but the reason I
great, but the reason I
G
came
came
is to say that
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it won’t.
it won’t.
F
You should
You should
know that
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it won’t,
it won’t,
F
you should know that it
you should know that it
C
won’t
won’t
F
you should know that it w
you should know that it w
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on’t
on’t
and
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so, Phillip, let
so, Phillip, let
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go
go
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