Key: E major•
Intro 1
E
A
Bsus4
B
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B
Bsus4
E
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E
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B
Bsus4
E
Verse 1
Bsus4
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E
A
B
E
Did You come by it honestly?
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Bsus4
E
Can I show you around?
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E
'Cause I know you foster few illusions,
Bsus4
B
E
suffer no fools
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E
You don't leave much
Bsus4
to chance
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E
But you're out past the breakers,
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E
driftin fast
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B
I can see it at a glance
Verse 2
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B
You've been a long time locked inside
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E
B
E
Long time all alone at night
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E
B
E
Prisoner of wisdom, prisoner of pride
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E
B
Don't just waste away
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B
Bsus4
Don't just waste away
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Bsus4
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Bsus4
Verse 3
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Bsus4
Is that smile for me?
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A
B
Have you kept it hidden consciously?
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A
Bsus4
Just like an old time movie queen
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A
B
Bsus4
Always noticed, rarely seen
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E
B
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A
And I got no answers, no magic cures
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Bsus4
And I got no plans
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E
But I know the darkness that
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E
haunts your eyes
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Bsus4
And I know those tremblin hands
Verse 4
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Bsus4
E
A
locked in side
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B
E
Long time all alone at night
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E
B
E
Prisoner of wisdom, prisoner of pride
A
E
B
Don't just waste away
A
E
Don't just waste away
Interlude 1
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E
A
Bsus4
B
E
A
Bsus4
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E
A
Bsus4
Verse 5
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E
B
You've been a long time locked inside
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A
E
B
E
Long time all alone at night
A
E
B
E
Prisoner of wisdom, passion, and pride
A
E
B
Don't just waste away
A
E
B
Bsus4
Don't just waste away
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE A Bsus4 B
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