The Overly Dramatic Truth chords by El-P

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Intro 1
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 (C major)  (A minor)  (E minor) 
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 (C major)  (A minor)  (E major)  (E minor)  (A minor)  (E minor) 
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 (C major)  (A major)  (E major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor) 
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 (A major)  (E minor)  (C major) 

Verse 1
A 
I became for you what  (A major) you had asked, telepath
E 
 (E major) You're too young to ask out loud,
Em 
 (E minor) I'm too old to not know that
C 
 (C major) I  can talk like you've not heard,
A 
 (A major) I  know weapons, you think words
E 
 (E major) I  exposed you to these terms,
Em 
you still chose  (E minor) to roll unheard
C 
 (C major) That could work but, I'm so fast,
A 
 (A major) you're so open, I'm so crass
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 (E major) I'm too weak to hold that back,
Em 
 (E minor) you still think intrigue will last
C 
 (C major) You can't imagine of my past,
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 (A major) I  just can't explain all that
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 (E major) I  wish I could trade your place,
Em 
so ro (E minor) mantic full of faith
C 
 (C major) I  must spare you, I must learn,
A 
 (A major) I  refuse to be your first
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Em 
First to  (E major) put you in your place,  (E minor) 
first to make you speed your pace
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 (C major) I'm a man now (good or bad), you're
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 (A minor) a   girl still (good for  (E major) you)
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Don't think this don't make me  (E minor) sad,

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Verse 2
this is something I must do
C 
 (C major) Keep your own time (leave me
A 
be), trying  (A major) to spare you
Em 
Trying to be  (E minor) God melodic, man on fire
C 
Coward long gone,  (C major) all desire
Fuck you raw now, it's my fault
A 
 (A major) Fuck you raw dog, I can't stop
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Em 
 (E major) Should've listened, should've left  (E minor) 
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 (E major) I can't stop unless you're dead
C 
 (C major) It's so simple, open head,
Am 
A 
 (A minor) I   will knit my  (A major) savage thread
E 
 (E major) Help me help you, walk away,
Em 
leave this  (E minor) unamazing grace
C 
 (C major) You don't know from pure disgrace,
Am 
A 
 (A minor) you still think  (A major) I'm here to save
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 (E major) I'm not even really here,
Em 
I can't give  (E minor) what I can't take

Verse 3
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Am 
 (C major) What a ride, what a slide under the  (A minor) door,
what a score
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 (E major) You think I'm a genius,
Em 
 (E minor) I know I'm a whore
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Am 
 (C major) What a time, what a climb in for our  (A minor) lives,
A 
 (A major) whats in store
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Em 
 (E major) You see lit forever, all I  (E minor) see is war
C 
 (C major) I  will pull your hair back,
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 (A minor) fuck you on the floor
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Em 
 (E major) Pour myself into the act,  (E minor) poor myself,
boohoo I'm bad
C 
 (C major) 'Cause I know that these moments end,
Am 
A 
but  (A minor) telling you the truth  (A major) is sad
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Em 
 (E major) You  (E minor) deserve the ignorance

Verse 4
of bliss that I still wish I had
C 
 (C major) Don't you let me keep you here,
A 
 (A major) don't ignore my greatest fear
Em 
I need  (E minor) you to not need me,
you need not believe just flee
C 
 (C major) I  will put myself inside you,
Am 
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 (A minor) find some  (A major) way to run and hide you
E 
 (E major) I  can't be responsible,
Em 
C 
 (E minor) do  (C major) as I say, not as I do

Verse 5
C 
 (C major) Keep your own time, leave me be,
Am 
A 
I'm  (A minor) tryin to spare  (A major) you
Em 
Tryin to be  (E minor) God melodic, man on fire,
C 
coward long gone,  (C major) all desire
Fuck you raw now, it's my fault
A 
 (A major) Fuck you raw dog, I can't stop
E 
 (E major) Should've listened, should've left
I can't stop unless you're dead
C 
 (C major) It's so simple, open head,
Am 
A 
I will  (A minor) knit my  (A major) savage thread
E 
 (E major) Help me help you, walk away,
Em 
C 
leave this  (E minor) un (C major) amazing grace
You don't know from pure disgrace,
Am 
A 
 (A minor) you still think I'm  (A major) here to save
E 
 (E major) I'm not even really here,
Em 
I can't give  (E minor) what I can't take

Interlude 1

Verse 6
C 
 (C major) This is not my ego talkin,
Am 
 (A minor) I know I'm no perfect draw
Em 
 (E minor) And I do love the way you lay there,
I do like the way we talk
C 
 (C major) Maybe I'm just condescending,
Am 
 (A minor) maybe this thing isn't wrong
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Maybe  (E minor) you should lay  (E major) right there,
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Em 
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put  (A major) your hands  (E minor) up  in the  (C major) air

Verse 7
Keep your own time, leave me be,
A 
I'm tryin to spare  (A major) you
Em 
Tryin to be  (E minor) God melodic, man on fire,
C 
coward long gone,  (C major) all desire
Fuck you raw now, it's your fault
A 
 (A major) Fuck you raw dog, I can't stop
E 
 (E major) Should've listened, should've left
I can't stop unless you're dead
C 
 (C major) It's so simple, open head,
Am 
A 
 (A minor) I   will knit my  (A major) savage thread
E 
 (E major) Help me help you, walk away,
Em 
leave this  (E minor) unamazing grace
C 
 (C major) You don't know from pure disgrace,
Am 
A 
 (A minor) you still think I'm here to save  (A major) 
E 
 (E major) I  was never even here,
Em 
I can't give what  (E minor) I   can't take

Interlude 2

Verse 8
C 
 (C major) You still think I'm here to save
Am 
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 (A minor) You still think I'm  (A major) here to save
Em 
 (E minor) You still think I'm here to save
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You still  (C major) think I'm here to save
You still think I'm here to save
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 (A minor) You still  (A major) think I'm here to save  (A minor) 
Em 
 (E minor) You still think I'm here to save
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A 
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You still think  (C major)  (A major)  (E minor) 
I'm
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 (C major) here to save  (A major)  (E major) 
This is my type of religion