Bigger On The Inside chords by Amanda Palmer

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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You'd  (C major)  (G major)  (D major) think  (G major) 
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I'd shot their chil (D major) dren
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 (G major) From  (E minor)  (G major) the  (C major) way that they  (G major) are  (C major) talking
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And there's  (A major) no point in responding
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'Cause it  (C major) will not make them stop

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Verse 2

And I am tired of explaining

And of seeing so much hating

In the very same safe haven

Where I used to just see helping

Verse 3

I've been drunk and skipping dinner

Eat ing skin from off my fingers

And I tried to call my brother

But he no longer exists

Verse 4

I keep forgetting to remember

That he would have been much prouder

If he saw me shake these insults off

Instead of getting bitter

Verse 5
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 (C major) I  am  (A major) bigger on the  (C sharpdim)  (A major) inside
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But you  (C major) have to come  (A minor) in
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 (C major) side to see me
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 (A major) Otherwise you're only hating
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 (C major) Oth (G major) er  (C major) people's
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low-res  (G major) copies  (A major) 
copies
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 (G major) 

Verse 6

You'd think I'd learn my lesson

From the way they keep on testing

My capacity for pain

And my resolve to not get violent

Verse 7

But though my skin is thickened

Certain spots can still be gotten

It is typically human of me

Thinking I am different

Verse 8
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To friends  (G major) hooked up to
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hospital machines  (C major) 
To fix their cancer
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And there  (A major) is no better place
than from this
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 (C major) Waiting room to answer

Verse 9
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 (C major) The French kid  (G major) who sent an email
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To  (C major) the website late last night
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His father  (A major) raped him and he's scared
He asked me
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 (C major) "How do you keep fighting?"

Verse 10

And the truth is I don't know

I think it's funny that he asked me

Cause I don't feel like a fighter lately

I am too unhappy

Verse 11
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 (C major) You are  (A major) bigger on the inside
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But your  (C major) father cannot see
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You need to  (A major) tell someone
Be strong
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And somewhere some  (C major) dumb rock
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star truly  (A major) loves you
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 (G major) 

Verse 12
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You'd  (D major) think  (G major) I'd get perspective
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From my view  (C major) here by the bedside
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It is  (A major) difficult to see the ones I love  (C major) 
So close to death

Verse 13
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All  (C major) their infections  (G major) and proscriptions
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And the  (C major) will to live at all in question
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 (A major) Can I not accept that my
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own prob (C major) lems
Are so small?

Verse 14

You took my hand when you woke up

I had been crying in the darkness

We all die alone but I am so, so glad

That you are here

Verse 15

You whispered

Verse 16
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 (A major) "We are so  (C sharpdim) much      (A major) bigger on the inside
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You, me, everybody  (C major) 
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Some  (A major) day when you're
lying where I am
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You'll finally  (C major) get it, beauty
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 (A major) We are so much bigger
Than another one can ever see
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 (C major) But
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Trying  (A major) is the point of life
So don't stop trying
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Promise  (C major) me"