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Key: E major•
Verse 1
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Lord, I'm Discouraged
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Lord, I'm discouraged
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G

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The circles have sucked in her eyes
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Lord, I'm discouraged
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Her new friends have
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shadowed her life
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Lord, I'm discouraged
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She ain't come out dancing
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for some time
Verse 2
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And I'm trying to light candles
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Asus4

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But they burn down to nothing
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And she keeps coming up with
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Excuses and half- truths
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G

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D

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and fortified wine
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Excuses and half- truths
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G

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D

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and fortified wine
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C

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Excuses and half- truths and
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G

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D

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fortified wine
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There's a house on the south side
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Where she stays in for days at a time
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Verse 3
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A

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I know I'm no angel
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D

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I ain't been bad that way
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Can't you hear her?
Asus4
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She's that sweet missing

songbird
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When the choir sings on
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Sundays
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And I'm almost busted
Asus4
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But I bought back
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the jewelery she sold
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Verse 4
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And I come to your altar
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And then there's just nothing
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And she keeps insisting
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The sutures and bruises are
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none of my business
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She says that she's sick
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G

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But she won't get specific
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The sutures and bruises are
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none of my business
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This guy from the north side
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G

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Comes down to visits
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His visits, they only take five or six minutes
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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Lord, I'm sorry to question
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Asus4
Asus4

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your wisdom
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But my faith has been wavering
C
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Asus4
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Won't you show me a sign,
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And let me know that you're
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listening?
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Verse 6
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Asus4
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Ex cuses and half-
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truths and fortified wine
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Excuses and half- truths
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and fortified wine
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Excuses and half- truths and fortified wine
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I know it's unlikely she'll ever be mine
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So I mostly just pray she don't die

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • Em

  • Asus4

  • A

  • G

  • C

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Lord I'm Discouraged by The Hold Steady is E major.

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