Big Thief - Cactus Practice (Live)

[Verse 1]

D F#m
Cactus, practice
Bm G
Everyday awake at 5:03
D F#m
Greeting the hot sun of a gun
Bm G
Condo in a succulent city
A7
Wearing nobody’s pants
D Bm
Just a sharp suit busy with the ants

F#sus4 F#m
Uh-hun

[Verse 2]

D F#m
Lying awake in a dreaming state
Bm G
Riding on a holiday ride
D F#m
Getting sidetracked, turn on my back
Bm G
Heavy with the gravity glide
A7
And I’m nobody’s boy
D Bm
Just your wet clothes hanging on the line

F#sus4 F#m

[Verse 3]

D F#m
Red tail, look at her sail
Bm G
Going for the money on the moon
D F#m
She goes high up, her beak is stuck
Bm G
La-da-da-da listen to her tune
A7
Now she’s nobody’s bird
D Bm
Just a red grape hanging on the vine

F#m

D F#m Bm G
D F#m Bm G
A7 D Bm F#m

[Verse 4]

D F#m
The white snow, look at her flow
Bm G
Riding on the wind to meet thе roof
D F#m
It’s a long way from heaven to hay
Bm G
Falling on the hill to makе a poof
A7
And on everybody’s mind
D Bm
Is wrapped a blanket of another kind

F#sus4 F#m
Time

[Verse 5]

D F#m
Time, time, where’s the time?
Bm G
Have another glass of purple tea
D F#m
If it’s okay, I’d like to stay
Bm G
Even though you recently met me
A7
Hell, I’m not even here
D Bm
I’m just a bubble floating in your beer

F#sus4 F#m

(Whistling the melody over the chord pattern)
D F#m Bm G
D F#m Bm G
A7 D Bm F#m