Key: Ab major
Verse 1
G
See these lines on my face?
They're a map of where
C
Csus2
G
I've been
cnd the deeper they are traced,
Csus2
G
the deeper life has settled in
Am
G
C
Csus2
How do we survive
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Am
G
D
living out our lives?
Verse 2
G
D
G
Em
cnd I would not trade a line
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Am
Make it smooth and fine
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Csus2
or pretend that time
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G
stands still
Em
I want to rest my soul
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G
Am
here where it can grow
G
without fear
Csus2
cnother line, another year
D
G
D
I'm still standing here
Verse 3
G
See these marks on
Em
my skin?
G
D
Csus2
G
They are the lyric of my life
Every story I begin
Em
G
just means another end's
Csus2
G
Am
in sight
G
Only lovers understand
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Csus2
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Am
G
Skin just covers who I am
Verse 4
D
See these bruises,
see these scars?
Hieroglyphs that tell the tale
G
You can read them in the dark
through your fingertips, like Braille
D
G
cnd I would not trade a line
Verse 5
Em
G
Am
Make it smooth and fine
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Csus2
D
G
or pretend that time stands still
Em
I plan to rest my soul
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G
Am
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Csus2
D
G
Bm
Em
here where it can grow without fear
D
Am
G
D
Bm
Em
Am
G
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Csus2
C
G
D
Em
D
G
Am
G
Csus2
D
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Em
D
Am
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Csus2
cnother line, another year
D
Em
D
G
I'm still standing here
Am
D
Em
D
I'm still standing here
C
D
G
I'm still standing here
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