Daniel Johnston
Cavaco chords Easy level Easy
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Intro: G Em G Em 

 
G              Em 
 When I'm down, really down 
Cadd9              D 
   Nothing matters, nothing does 
G                Em 
 I close my eyes, go to sleep 
Cadd9                 D 
    But I can't sleep, I can't sleep 
G               C       G                 D      G 
Please hear my cry for help, and save me from myself 

G Em G Em 

 
G           Em 
 Junior high I lost my mind 
Cadd9                           D 
      I don't know why, it's a terrible thing 
G              Em 
 Since that day it's been a struggle 
Cadd9                      D 
Trying to make sense out of scrambled eggs 
G               C       G                 D      G 
Please hear my cry for help, and save me from myself 

G Em G Em 

 
G                 Em 
 I painted a bar and I never got paid 
Cadd9                 D 
In a town where everyone was unemployed 
G               Em 
 I was locked in on Easter day 
Cadd9                    D 
   All I had to eat was a piece of bread 
G               Em 
 When I got home my mother said 
Cadd9                D 
   "You're a lazy bum and that's how come 
G                     Em 
  You suffer like that and you'll starve 
Cadd9            D 
   All your life.  All your life." 
G                Em 
 Spoken just like it was a curse 
Cadd9                     D 
     But it didn't really sound so bad 
G          Em 
  I like to make things up 
Cadd9                  D 
    It's the healthiest thing that I do 
G            Em 
But I'm tired of being kidnapped 
Cadd9                        D 
    By a dark wolf that would do me in 
G               C       G                 D      G 
Please hear my cry for help, and save me from myself 

G Em G Em 

 
C          D           G 
I'm just saying how I feel 
 C     D         G            C 
Maybe you could try to understand 
       G        C    G 
I'm a man who needs you 

 
G              Em 
 When I'm down, really down 
Cadd9              D 
   Nothing matters, nothing does 
G                Em 
 I close my eyes, go to sleep 
Cadd9                 D 
    But I can't sleep, I can't sleep 
G              Em 
 You can listen to these songs 
Cadd9                   D 
    Have a good time and walk away 
G           Em 
 But for me it's not that easy 
Cadd9                        D 
   I have to live these songs forever 
G               C       G                 D      G 
Please hear my cry for help, and save me from myself
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