Topic: Wretched Lives Blues Version
after Phill turned me on to the phrase "it's a nightmare"
Phill also did a brilliant version of it and was working on a make over of it when CHordie went down last night.
With that being said - when I got up this morning I got playing around with (mostly b/c I am not good enough of a musician and couldn't play the chords Phill was playing 
) it - and before I knew it - it morphed into a blues style song (which is a lot easier for me). I am good with either version !
Anyway - this is my new version which would not be possible without Phill !
Wretched Lives (It's A Nightmare) - Blues Version by Jim Kenyon and Phill Williams
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(intro: [Em] [Em] [B7] [Em] finger picked)
Verse 1
[Em]Not a demon to expose your flaws
[Em]Nor a savage beast with bloody claws
[Am]only your worst fears, falling into place
and you've [Em] lost it all, your life’s a waste
And the [B7] whole damn world doesn't seem to care
It's a [Em]nightmare[Em]
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Verse 2
[Em]gripped by the loneliness of a silent curse
[Em]constant reminders , that make things worse
[Am] you don't believe it, but yet you know
that there's [Em] no one to hold, there's nowhere to go
And the [B7] whole damn world doesn't seem to care
It's a [Em]nightmare , yeah [Em]It's a nightmare
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Chorus
[Am]such is the fate of those with wretched lives
[Em]hopelessly waiting for their ship to arrive
[Am]haunted by visions of what their lives lack
[B7]they can't move forward, yet they [Am]never want to go[Em] back
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(play intro again: [Em] [Em] [B7] [Em]finger picked)
Verse 3
[Em]Hurry to nowhere, like the aimless winds blows
In[Em] search of the comfort that someone else knows
[Am]every hour, every breath,your faith slip away
and you [Em]dread the darkness , that brings a new day
And the [B7] whole damn world doesn't seem to care
It's a [Em] nightmare , yeah [Em]It's a nightmare
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Chorus
[Am]such is the fate of those with wretched lives
[Em]hopelessly waiting for their ship to arrive
[Am]haunted by visions of what their lives lack
they [B7]can't move forward, yet they [Am]never want to go[Em] back
[Em][Am] B7] [Em]
And the [B7] whole damn world doesn't seem to care
It's a [Em] nightmare[Em]
And the [B7] whole damn world doesn't seem to care
[Em]It's a nightmare [Em]
The price of anything, is the amount of life you exchange for it. - H.D. Thoreau
Your vision is not limited by what your eye can see, but what your mind can imagine.
Make your life count, and the world will be a better place because you tried.
"Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except only the the best." - Henry Van Dyke
Your vision is not limited by what your eye can see, but what your mind can imagine.
Make your life count, and the world will be a better place because you tried.
"Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except only the the best." - Henry Van Dyke