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Topic: Reckless Mind and Rebel Heart

Reckless Mind & Rebel Heart by Jim Kenyon


Verse 1


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[G]She was more wolf than a [C]woman


A wild [G]soul, but that ain’t[D] wrong


I [G]didn’t want to try to [C]tame her


Just [G]wanted her to [D]take me a[G]long




. Verse 2


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[G]She's a little bit like [C]heaven


joyful [G] gypsy dancing with the [D]stars


like [G]wind moves through wild[C]flowers


a [G]reckless mind with a [D]rebel [G]heart




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Chorus


[C]Falling in love was far too risky


see she [G]couldn’t be tied down


a free [C]soul never lookin' back


She had [D]no reason to stick around


[C]She had a world that couldn’t wait


So she [G]drifted from place to place


Oh, her[C] heart just wasn’t in it, and


I had [D]nothing to make her stay


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Verse 3



[G]A fire burning [C]oh so bright


But [G] cool as a summer [D]rain


With her [G]spirit running [C]ever free


she’s [G]a dream that you [D]can’t ex[G]plain






Chorus


[C]Falling in love was far too risky


see she [G]couldn’t be tied down


a free [C]soul never lookin' back


She had [D]no reason to stick around


[C]She had a world that couldn’t wait


So she [G]drifted from place to place


Oh, her[C] heart just wasn’t in it, and


I had [D]nothing to make her stay






Repeat verse 2


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[G]She's a little bit like [C]heaven


joyful [G] gypsy dancing with the [D]stars


like [G]wind moves through wild[C]flowers


a [G]reckless mind with a [D]rebel [G]heart




just a [G]reckless mind with a [D]rebel [G]heart


She's a [G]reckless mind with a [D]rebel [G]heart



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.
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Re: Reckless Mind and Rebel Heart

Great lyrics ! Interesting that the chorus is 8 lines and verses only 4 lines. After reading the lyrics I played it using your chord progression, but not knowing the melody made it a little hard to fit the words of the lyrics in smoothly.  I'm looking forward to hearing your version.     

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Re: Reckless Mind and Rebel Heart

great song Jim, 4 line verse 8 line chorus, I agree with Ed not the usual song layout. Having said that not your usual song subject, a slight departure, I like it a lot.     

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Re: Reckless Mind and Rebel Heart

One very minor and perhaps insignificant change I made when playing through. Instead of playing the last line of the verse C.G.C. I swapped the last C for a F7. Just to break things up a little. I'm sure theirs other changes you could make but the lyrics are spot on. I enjoyed playing.     

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Re: Reckless Mind and Rebel Heart

Thank you all !

I made some changes in the lyrics and totally changed the chords

I like it so much better now !!
Jim     

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
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Re: Reckless Mind and Rebel Heart

and I have no clue why i did an 8 line chorus  smile     

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
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Re: Reckless Mind and Rebel Heart

Great lyrics Jim reminds me of some of the wild woman I knew in my younger days who were travelling around drifting in and out of jobs different countries and towns.