Beautiful Career
Intro/verse
G C Em Am7
Lead-in
Em C G-G/F#-Em C-Em7/C-Am7
Chorus
G C F-Am7-D
gabriel, sound
the trumpet
the oracle
is here
ain't
nobody's strumpet
is
selling pretzels and beer
with a
little leonard cohen
a little
philip glass
a little
love and thievery
the past
is never past
your guitar
or your manager
is
somebody your friend
on whom
you can depend
who loves
you
so I limp
and I lurk
I leap and I leer
craning my
neck
to see
your beautiful career
with a
little david wilcox
a little
philip glass
a little
borrowed scenery
the past
is never past
who loves
you, baby
who loves
you
and your
beautiful career
the floor
is strewn with clippings
droppings from
the press
ink stains
and snippings
it's
anybody's guess
if it's
you who they're extolling
or some
cipher of love
sweet
adulation, baby
pennies from
above