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
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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
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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]
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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
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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
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Broadcasting all my memories in a clear and vivid picture
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His tongue became a staircase, his uvula the knocker
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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
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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
E7              F
Reflecting me in bondage so I watched myself get freer

[Bridge]
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I let my horns grow longer
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I observed my skin get redder
  Am
My soul became a hammer
  C
I started to feel better
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My hatred to turned to pity
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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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