Playing Possum Chords

by Carly Simon
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: no capo
Author BUTTERFLYPAPER [a] 591. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014

Chords

D
E7
Amaj7
F#m7
G
C
Bm7
A

Strumming

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Playing Possum from Playing Possum - 1975
 
D                  E7
We lived up in Cambridge
      Amaj7          F#m7         G
And browsed in the hippest newsstands
           D                   G
Then we started our own newspaper
           C                   Bm7
Gave the truth about Uncle Sam
A    D                E7
We loved to be so radical
             Amaj7         G
But like a ragged love affair
       D             G
Some became disenchanted
      C                    D
And some of us just got scared
 
                       A
Now are you playing possum
Keeping a low profile
           D                   A
Are you playing possum for a while
 
D                  E7
Then you moved to the country
        Amaj7     F#m7         G
Bought a farm and tilled the land
           D                   G
Then you took your books to India
           C
And got hooked on a holy man
D                         E7
But the wells they do run dry
           Amaj7  F#m7     G
And the speeches turn to words
         D                  G
And the woods are full of tigers
       C                 D
And freedom's for the birds
 
                      A
Now are you playing possum
Keeping a low profile
           D                   A
Are you playing possum for a while
 
D                 E7
Now you run a bookstore
           Amaj7 F#m7  G
And you've taken on a wife
            D              G
You wear patches on your elbows
          C
And you live an easy life
A    D                E7
Well, are you finally satisfied
                Amaj7         G
Is it what you were lookin' for
D             G
Or does it sneak up on you
 C                    D
That there might be something more
 
                      A
Now are you playing possum
Keeping a low profile
           D                   A
Are you playing possum for a while
           D                   A
Are you just playing possum for a while
           D                   A
Are you just playing possum for a while
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