Taking Your Life In Your Hands Intro: Ab Gm Eb Ab Gm Eb Gm Ab Eb Eb Cm Ab7 Bb The children are all leaving school today Eb F7 /A Bb Mama said, don't worry, I'll be back one day Eb Cm Ab7 Bb The blue men in uniform smiled and waved goodbye Eb F7 /A Bb Intro She was hiding those tears in her eyes Eb Cm Ab7 Bb Roll up the history books, burn the chairs Eb F7 /A Bb Set fire to anything, set fire to the air Gm Fm They're riding to begin and running at the end Gm Fm Bb 'Cause mama said, you take your life in your hands Taking your life, your life in your hands But don't take your life in your hands like I did Am Bb Bm C Cm I don't feel so bad, and always look forward with hope Bb Eb Intro Forward and hope that the children will always be there Cancel the day, cancel the night Cancel the day, cancel the night 'Cause who could be watching when she steals and runs away Full of hysterical laughter, and say Mama, mama, I've left school today I hope I get to see you in that funny school far away But those gentle men in blue, and those in grey Say I'll never, never see mama again Eb Cm F 'Cause she took those lives in her hands Eb Cm F Yes, she took all those lives in her hands Eb Cm F Yes, she took those lives in her hands Ab Eb But let me wonder, what was there left in those hands? by: José Duarte jtduarte1@gmail.com