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The Interview Chords by Anna Bates

The Interview by Anna Bates

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Key: Db


Verse 1:
Am                        C
Jacob was a child, and he tried to be so good
F                                      C
Collecting bugs and bark and earth and pelts and bones and wood
Am                             C
Mama used to hit him, with the shovel in the shed
   F                    C
So Jacob hid the shovel underneath his bed
Am
First, it was a rabbit
C
Then, it was a deer
F                                   C
Jacob tried to stop himself and the voices in his ears
Am                         C
Mama said, "You're wicked" and then she called the priest
       F                                C
Said, "Get this evil out o' my boy, and fix this little freak"
Am                       C
No amount of Jesus could heal his killing hands
F                      C
First it was a rabbit, then it was a man
Verse 2:
Am                                C
Wicked thoughts and injuries, and brains that harbor mysteries
F                                   C
Terrible secret midnight deeds will slowly numb the heart
    Am
And breaking minds, and innocence
    C
And fighting wings that have been clipped
    F
And spirits taken from and hit
     C
Will slowly kill a boy


Verse 3:
Am                         C
When I saw him changing, I saw it in his eyes
  F                                  C
I saw it in his fragile face, the contortion in his spine
  Am                         C
I asked him was he in there, was his soul alive?
         F                           C
Said his soul was only breathing the second something died
        Am                              C
Then he talked about great justice, the distortion of true love
    F                            C
The way his mama kissed him then turned and beat him up
         Am                             C
I said, "Why'd you till the grass? Make all these shallow graves?"
   F                           C
He stood there kinda silent, expression falling blank


Verse 4:
Am                  C
Jacob on the TV was dressed up in a suit
       F                 C
In the documentary, they played our interview
     Am                           C
They clipped our conversation, to maximize the evil
  F                             C
I guess to draw the viewers, maybe to please the people
    Am                            C
But all I could remember was that Jacob was a child
          F                                          C
'Till his skull was cracked and his aching frame had quickly been defiled
           Am                            C
And he had wondered why he couldn't ever truly feel a thing
           F                               C
And why he searched for it in death, some elusive kind of peace


Verse 5:
Am                                C
Wicked thoughts and injuries, and brains that harbor mysteries
F                                   C
Terrible secret midnight deeds will slowly numb the heart
    Am
And breaking minds, and innocence
    C
And fighting wings that have been clipped
    F
And spirits taken from and hit
     C
Will slowly kill a boy

The Interview Chords Info

The Interview Chords by Anna Bates
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Capo: 1
Difficulty: Beginner 👶
Chords: Db, Am, C, F