Excuses chords by John Frusciante

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Verse 1
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 (E major) I bear  (A major) no excuses  (G major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (G major) 
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 (E minor) Every (A major) body feels my pain  (G major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (G major) 
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Sworn  (E minor)  (A major) to be a nobody  (G major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (G major) 
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 (E major) Broke my  (E minor) oath  (A major) again and
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again  (G major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (G major) 
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Souls, see my  (D major) genocide  (C major) 
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 (G major) Rockets only ride  (D major) through sky  (C major) 
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But  (E minor) I   am a blind  (A major) man  (C major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (C major) so they only  (E major) fly inside  (A major) me  (C major)  (G major)  (A major) 
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 (E major) I'm aware  (A major) of prearranged
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 (G major) cause  (E minor)  (A major)  (G major)  (A major)  (G major) 
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 (E minor) Bet on  (G major) me  (A major) and we all  (G major) lost  (E major)  (A major)  (G major) 
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With  (E major) kids like  (A major) me and the odds
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again (G major) st us  (E minor)  (A major)  (G major)  (A major) 
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 (E minor) Pay off could have drained  (A major) all future
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 (G major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (G major) upsetters
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But surround (E minor) ings built  (E flat major)  (D major) into me  (C major) 
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 (G major) I  did not  (E flat major) grow  (G major)  (D major) like a tree
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 (A major) But  (C major)  (A major) rather  (E minor) like  (D major) a  build (A major) ing
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With  (G major)  (C major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (D major)  (A major)  (C major) 
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 (E minor) ceiling upon  (E major) ceiling
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 (D major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (G major)  (A major) I  (C major) used to try
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 (E minor) from the out (D major) side
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A guide  (C major) was in (G major) side me
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and I  (D major) didn't see
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Tides  (C major) passed all over  (E minor) me
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But  (D major)  (C major) there was light and air  (B major) at
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the bottom  (C major) of the sea  (B major)  (G major) 
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 (A major) And now  (A minor) I'm there  (G major) 
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You know  (B minor) I  (A major) really care
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And  (C major) seasons look  (G major) up to me  (E minor) 
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I jumped  (E flat major) down there  (B flat major) 
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Cuz I don't  (F major) and really care  (C major) 
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And life  (C minor) grows in (F sharp major) side of me
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 (F major) An d lows  (C major) get higher descending
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I  (E minor)  (C major)  (E flat major)  (B flat major)  (E minor)  (C major) float
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 (E flat major) up there  (B flat major) 
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Cuz I know  (F major) I'm not  (C major) in here
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I'm  (C minor)  (F sharp major) everywheres' outlining
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And high (F major)  (C major) s  get lower  (E flat major) 
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 (B flat major) ascend (C major) ing  (C minor) 
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Every (G minor) one,  (B flat major) unrecall my  (F major)  (C major) sin