Dagenham Dream chords by Blood Orange

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Verse 1
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 (C major) We received our bloody circles
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 (A minor)  (D major) in the  (E minor) mail  (C major) 
Only see what's really im
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 (A minor) portant  (D major) when it's nailed  (E minor)  (C major) 
As a teen, my Lord and sa
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 (A minor) vior  (D major) was a male  (E minor)  (C major) 
Tire trucks and six steel string
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 (A minor) s that  (D major) keep me frail  (E minor)  (C major) 
It's the worst I've ever felt
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 (A minor) when  (D major) it  (E minor) hails  (C major) 
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Broken teeth and bloody nose  (A minor) but
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 (D major) least it snowed  (E minor)  (C major) 
Instantly dry, oh,
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I cried an (A minor) d    (D major) cut a line  (E minor)  (C major) 
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And my eyebrow acted like  (A minor) 
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the  (D major) boys who tell  (E minor) 
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 (C major) And my teacher told me that  (A minor) 
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this  (D major) made her sad  (E minor)  (C major) 
Had to act just like the others
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 (D major) to get around  (E minor)  (C major) 
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Friday nights alone in  (A minor)  (D major) ef fort
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make Ma bored  (E minor)  (C major) 

Verse 2
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Like, growing up  (C major) I have always heard
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Or like, I was always  (E minor) hyperaware of
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 (C major) Things that the people around me who were
charged with my care
Or told me, like, be silent or be quiet
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Or be  (C major) ashamed or hide
Or perform a version of myself
that wasn't really me
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And so,  (E minor) I think that through my life I've
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 (C major) always been hyperconscious
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And aware  (C major) of not going  (E minor) in  to spaces
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and seeking too much atten (C major) tion
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Um, because part of survival is,  (A minor) like,
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being able  (D major) to just fit in
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To be seen  (E minor) as  normal and to, like,
quote-unquote belong
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be (C major) long
But I think that so often in society in order
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to belong means  (C major) that we have to
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Like, shrink parts of ourselves  (D major) 