To Leave Something Behind – Mark Isham

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Verse 1: 
[A] I cannot say that I [D] know you [A] well 
But you [D] can't lie to [A] me with all these [F#m] books that you sell 
I'm not [D] trying to [F#m] follow you to the [A] end of the [D] world 
I'm just [A] trying to leave [D] something [A] behind 
 
Verse 2: 
[A] Words have come from [D] men and [A] mouth 
But I can't [D] help thinking [A] that I've [F#m] heard the wrong crowd 
When [D] all the [F#m] water is gone my [A] job will be [D] too 
And I'm just [A] trying to leave [D] something [A] behind 
 
Chorus: 
Oh [D] money is [F#m] free but love costs [A] more than our [D] bread 
And the [D] ceiling is [A] hard to [E] reach 
Oh the [D] future [F#m] ahead is [A] broken and [D] red 
And I'm [A] trying to leave [D] something [A] behind 
 
Verse 3: 
[A] This whole world is a [D] foreign [A] land 
We [D] swallow the [A] moon but we don't know our own [F#m] hand 
We're [D] running with the [F#m] case but we ain't [A] got the [D] gold 
And we're [A] trying to leave [D] something [A] behind 
 
Verse 4: 
[A] My friends I believe we are [D] at the wrong [A] fight 
And I [D] cannot [A] read what I did not [F#m] write 
I've [D] been to His [F#m] house, but the [A] master is [D] gone 
But I'd [A] like to leave [D] something [A] behind 
 
Verse 5: 
[A] There is a beast who has [D] taken my [A] brain 
You can [D] put me to [A] bed but you can't feel my [F#m] pain 
When the [D] machine has [F#m] taken the [A] soul from the [D] man 
It's [A] time to leave [D] something [A] behind 
 
Chorus: 
Oh [D] money is [F#m] free but love costs [A] more than our [D] bread 
And the [D] ceiling is [A] hard to [E] reach 
Oh the [D] future [F#m] ahead is [A] broken and [D] red 
But I'm [A] trying to leave [D] something [A] behind 
 
Verse 6: 
[A] I got this feeling that I'm [D] still at the [A] shore 
And [D] pockets don't [A] know what it means to be [F#m] poor 
I can get [D] through the [F#m] wall if you [A] give me a [D] door 
So [A] I can leave [D] something [A] behind 
 
Verse 7: 
[A] Oh wisdom is lost in the [D] trees [A] somewhere 
You're [D] not going to [A] find it in some [F#m] mental gray hair 
It's [D] locked up from [F#m] those who [A] hurry [D] ahead 
And it's [A] time to leave [D] something [A] behind 
 
Chorus: 
Oh [D] money is [F#m] free but love costs [A] more than our [D] bread 
And the [D] ceiling is [A] hard to [E] reach 
When my [D] son is a [F#m] man he will [A] know what I [D] meant 
I was just [A] trying to leave [D] something [A] behind 
I was just [A] trying to leave [D] something [A] behind