[Chorus]
G Dm
Lord unchain my hands
G Dm
Let me sing inside the crowded trams
G Dm
Let me dance among the traffic jams
G Dm
We're gonna sleep on the St. Kilda sands
G Dm
Lord unbind my feet
G Dm
Let me mingle with the good people we meet
G Dm
Water rising up into the street
G Dm
Unbind my feet
[Verse 1]
G
The apparition of these faces in the crowd
Dm
Petals on a wet black bough
G
Ezra Pound found the formula
Our houses are rectangular
Dm
But life is curved not angular
So when things start to strangular
G
Remember rain still falls on the halls of power
Dm
New babies being born every hour
G
And the eagle keeps watch on the old clock tower
Dm
Over me
[Chorus]
G Dm
Lord unchain my hands
G Dm
Let me sing inside the crowded trams
G Dm
Let me dance among the traffic jams
G Dm
We're gonna sleep on the St. Kilda sands
G Dm
Lord unbind my feet
G Dm
Let me mingle with the good people we meet
G Dm
Water rising up into the street
G Dm
Unbind my feet
[Verse 2]
G
On the train I refrain
From sitting with heads and shoulders bowed
Dm
They told me time is of the essence
No wandering allowed
G
But then I saw a pretty girl
Whose features stood out in the crowd
Dm
Went ten minutes past my stop
Waiting for her to look around
G
I'm just another clown
Kicking around in Melbourne town
Dm
Cooling out, relaxing
Watching the world go 'round
G
So if you ever got the time
And you want to go drink some wine
Dm
I'd rather greet you with a smile
Than greet you with a frown
[Chorus]
G Dm
Lord unchain my hands (unchain my hands)
G Dm
Let me sing inside the crowded trams (sing inside the crowded trams)
G Dm
Let me dance among the traffic jams( among the traffic jams)
G Dm
We're gonna sleep on the St. Kilda sands (da!)
G Dm
Lord unbind my feet (I said a lord.. I said a lord, unbind my feet!)
G Dm
Let me mingle with the good people we meet
G Dm
Water rising up into the street (up into the street!)
G Dm
Unbind my feet
[Scat singing]
G Dm G Dm G Dm G Dm G