Grace chords by Eric Bogosian

SimplifiedAb

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Verse 1
Ab 
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
I only want a few minutes
of your time.
It doesn't cost you anything to
listen.
Please be patient with me.
I just got released from Rikers Island,
where I was unjustly incarcerated
for 30 days for acts
I committed
during a nervous breakdown
due to a situation beyond my control.
I am NOT a drug addict.
This is a situation.
I need your money.
I could be out robbing and
stealing right now.
I don't want to be doing that.
I could be holding a knife up
to your throat right now.
I don't want to be doing that.
And I'm sure you don't want that
either.
I didn't choose this life.
I want to work but I can't.
My medication costs over 2 ,000 a week,
of which Medicaid only pays one -third.
I am forced to go down
into the Lower East Side
and buy illegal drugs to stop the pain.
I am NOT a drug addict.
If you help me out, if you give me money,
I might be able to
find someplace to live.
I might be able to change
my whole life.
It's really all up to you.
Bad situations in my life
force me into the streets into
a life of crime.
I won't bore you with the details right now,
but if you don't believe me,
you can call my parole officer,
Mr. Vincent Gardello.
His home number is 555 -2738.
He'll tell you all about me.
The only difference between you
and me
is that you're on the ups,
I'm on the downs.
Underneath it all,
we're exactly the same.
I'm a product of my environment.
I'm a victim of a sick society.
I come from a dysfunctional family.
My father was an alcoholic,
my mother tried to control me,
my sister thinks she's
an actress.
You wouldn't want the childhood
that I had.
The world's a really screwed up place,
it gets worse every day.
Now's your chance to
do something about it.
Help out somebody standing right
in front of you
instead of worrying about South
fucking Africa
10 ,000 miles away.
Believe me when I tell you
God is watching you.
When you help out somebody less
fortunate than yourselves,
a human being like me.
Sorry my clothes aren't clean.
I'm sorry I'm homeless.
I'm sorry I don't have a job.
I'm sorry I have to
interrupt your afternoon.
But I have no choice.
Ab 
I have to ask for help.
I can't change my life.
You can.
Please, please look into your hearts.
Do the right thing.
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
God bless you.
0 .50.
Thank you very much.
30 for a theater ticket.
He's got 0 .50 for me.
Thank you very much.
God bless you.
Stay guilty.
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.