Small Red Boy chords by Andrew Jackson Jihad

[Intro]
Am E7

[Verse 1]
  Am                E7              Am
I found a small red boy inside my tummy
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  With 3 dollars in change and a Milky Way Lite
      E7                                          Am
In my occasional pursuit to find something more meaningful
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Than yet another word that rhymes with "die"
  Am              E7             Am
I cut him out and put him on my table
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His shallow-breathing chest would fall and rise
    E7                                 Am
His South of Heaven shirt was way too big for him
    F
His horns were long and sharp
            G
And then he opened up those eyes that said

[Chorus 1]
  C           G            Am
I am, I am, I am, I am the truth

[Interlude]
Am E7

[Verse 2]
  Am                E7           Am
I showered him with love and adulation
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One day he was just as tall as me
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I showed him all the books that I was raised on
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Your Madeleine L'Engle and D'Aulaires' Mythologies
         Am                 E7                Am
And in a montage that could warm the heart of Hitler
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I raised him up so proud and motherly
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I swore that I was glancing in a mirror
            F
When in the language that I taught him
        G
Oh god, he began to speak, he said

[Chorus 2]
  C           G            Am
I am, I am, I am, I am the truth
  C           G            Am
I am, I am, I am, I am the truth

[Verse 3]
        F                       G
And his eyes became a beacon, an LCD projector
     E7                           F
Broadcasting all my memories in a clear and vivid picture
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His tongue became a staircase, his uvula the knocker
      E7                             F
Of an ornate wooden door that led me straight into my future
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His throat became a hallway with a thousand baby pictures
    E7                           F
And I became forgiveness, I transformed into the closure that I lost
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   When I learned about the tragedy of all of us
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I lost it when I learned about the tragedy of all of us
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Incorrigible illness in the loved ones in and out of us
  E7                               F
I lost it when I learned about the tragedy of all of us
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I walked through the hallways to a room of only mirrors
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Reflecting me in bondage so I watched myself get freer

[Bridge]
  F
I let my horns grow longer
   G
I observed my skin get redder
   Am
My soul became a hammer
   C
I started to feel better
   F
My hatred to turned to pity
   G
My resentment blossomed flowers
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My bitter tasting candy
   Am           G
My misery was power
    F
The truth in me grew brighter
   G
My nature and my nurture

[Chorus 3]
        C              G             Am
No more shame, no more fear, no more dread!
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