Lovers in a Dangerous Time

Bruce Cockburn (1984), Barenaked Ladies (1991)


{t:Lovers in a Dangerous Time}
{st:Bruce Cockburn (1984), Barenaked Ladies (1991)}

{c:capo 2}
{c:verse 1}
[G]  Don't the hours grow [Am]shorter as the days go [F]by
[G]  You never get to [Am]stop and open your [F]eyes
[G]  One day you're [Am]waiting for the sky to [F]fall
[G]  And next you're dazzled by the [Am]beauty of it [F]all

{soc}
When you're [G]lovers [Am]  in a dangerous [F]time
[G]Lovers [Am]  in a dangerous [F]time
{eoc}

{c:verse 2}
[G]  These fragile [Am]bodies of touch and [F]taste
[G]  This vibrant [Am]skin, this hair like [F]lace
[G]  Spirits [Am]open to the thrust of [F]grace
[G]  Never a [Am]breath you can afford to [F]waste

{soc}
When you're [G]lovers [Am]  in a dangerous [F]time
[G]Lovers [Am]  in a dangerous [F]time
When you're [G]lovers  [Am]  in a dangerous [F]time
[G]Lovers [Am]  in a dangerous [F]time
{eoc}

{c:verse 3}
[G]  When you're [Am]lovers in a dangerous [F]time
[G]  Sometimes you're made to feel as [Am]if your love's a [F]crime
But [G]nothing worth having comes with-[Am]out some kind of [F]fight
[G]  You gotta kick at the [Am]darkness till it bleeds day-[F]light

{soc}
When you're [G]lovers [Am]  in a dangerous [F]time
[G]Lovers [Am]  in a dangerous [F]time
When you're [G]lovers  [Am]  in a dangerous [F]time
[G]Lovers [Am]  in a dangerous [F]time
{eoc}
[G]

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