Locked Up chords by The Avett Brothers

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
I  can't take the criticism
C 
I'm heating up with cynicism
Em 
All the colors in the prism
Am 
D 
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entering my eyes
Still can't change my mind
G 

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Verse 2

I'm a stubborn goat getting older

A cube of ice getting colder

A frozen heart and frozen shoulders,

that is what I've got

Dsus4

A sweetheart I am not

Verse 3
C 
Now I'll soften when it pays the bills
G 
C 
I'll love you in exchange for thrills
G 
C 
Our service calls, withdrawal will kill
G 
C 
I can smell fresh blood from miles away
G 

Verse 4
C 
D 
G 
I can't be locked up this way,
C 
D 
G 
I can't be locked up this way
C 
D 
G 
I can't be locked up like this, oh, no,
C 
D 
I can't be locked up this way
G 

Verse 5
Now I have been their slave
but I'm tired of workin'
C 
A jackhammer tired of jerking
Em 
I'm a booty-shaker tired tired of
D 
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twerking, you can laugh all you want
Am 
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Soon enough, though, I'll     be gone
G 

Verse 6
I'm a dying fly on the wall
C 
I'm a teenage girl who just won't call
Em 
I'm a deflated basketball,
Am 
D 
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no needle to be found
Am 
C 
Dsus4 
G 
And I   just want to be around

Verse 7

So I can roam, so I can bounce

So I can roam out of

this town

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Verse 8
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C 
D 
G 
I can't be locked up like this,
C 
D 
G 
I can't be locked up like this
C 
D 
G 
I can't be locked up this way, oh, no,
C 
D 
I can't be locked up like this
G 

Verse 9
Now I'm the worst ship
that was ever built
C 
Started sinking soon as
the champagne spilled
Em 
All the dirty secrets in my quilt,
Am 
D 
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they won't come out in the wash
Am 
Dsus4 
C 
G 
Somebody help, my gosh

Verse 10
G 
I'm a beating heart off the beaten path
C 
The god of shame, fear my wrath
Em 
Can my filthy soul take a
Am 
D 
bath in  the light of you?
Am 
Dsus4 
G 
In  the      light of truth?
Am 
Dsus4 
G 
In  the light of you
C 
No, I can't