Second Best chords by Lower

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Dm 
You bring me pearls,
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D 
you lay them at my feet
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D 
You give your word,
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D 
and what you just can't keep
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D 
But I won't tell you what I find,
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my faith is broken
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D 
Stare at the silence all around,
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when life is stolen
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You feed me hope,
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D 
you fill my heart again
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D 
On rocks and stones,
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D 
inject your confidence
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D 
But I won't magnify the past,
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the past is broken
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F 
Like shadows dancing on the glass,
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F 
when love is stolen
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G 
Swimming in a lake of pain
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Bb 
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Sinking but I don't care
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A magical made -up world
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Am 
Bb 
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No one can see me there
Am 
I'd rather be dead
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Dm 
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Than second best
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D 
You stole my nerve
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D 
You washed my face in dirt
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You change my words
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D 
and  make the meanings hurt
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D 
But I'm not living in the past,
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the past is broken
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D 
Just like a flame that's burnt too fast,
F 
my light is stolen
C 
Flaming in a lake of power,
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Bb 
F 
sinking but I don't care
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G 
A magical made up world,
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Bb 
no one can see me there
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C 
Floating in a sea of calm
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Bb 
High above everyone
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C 
G 
Everyday can feel the same
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Bb 
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No one will know my name
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I'd rather be dead
Ab 
Than second best
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D 
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I'd rather be dead
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I'd rather be dead
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D 
I can walk, I can grow, I can seek,
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I can fly, I can war, I can preach,
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D 
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I can move, I can sing, I can rise,
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I can be dead, I can move, I can rise
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I'd rather be dead, second best
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I'd rather be dead, than second best
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I'd rather be dead,
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than second best
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