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Intro:
   Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramBB       Chord diagramE minorEm        Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramC7C7 Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramBB       Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G
e|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---0------------------------0--|---0----------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|----0------2-0---0------2-3----|----0------2-0---0------0-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------1------2-2------------|---------1------2--2---2-2------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--2----2-------2---------------|------2-------2------2----------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-3-----------------------------|-3------------------------------|

   Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramBB     Chord diagramE minorEm   Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9 Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramC7C7 Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramBB       Chord diagramE minorEm
e|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---0----------------3-1-0-1-0--|---0----------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|----0------2-0---0-------------|----0------2-0---0------0-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------1------2-2------------|---------1------2--2---2-2------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--2----2-------2---------------|------2-------2------2----------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-3-----------------------------|-3------------------------------|
Verse 1:
Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramBB      Chord diagramE minorEm
 I quit the carnival
   Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramC7C7   Chord diagramG+G
It moved next door
Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramBB         Chord diagramE minorEm
I thought I had enough
Chord diagramE minorEm    Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramG+G
But I want more
Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramBB              Chord diagramE minorEm
So now I'm sneaking out at night
Chord diagramE minorEm         Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9 Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramC7C7    Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G
I paint my face  and shine my shoes
Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramBB       Chord diagramE minorEm
Go where I'm not supposed to

Verse 2:
Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramBB         Chord diagramE minorEm
'Cause I tamed a lion once
  Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramC7C7   Chord diagramG+G
I stole his roar
Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramBB         Chord diagramE minorEm
I stripped his pride away
Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G
But he found more
Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramBB                   Chord diagramE minorEm
So now he's back to take what's his
Chord diagramE minorEm           Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9 Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramC7C7 Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G
And shove my fu----ture in my face
Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramBB       Chord diagramE minorEm
Scare me back in my place
    Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramBB     Chord diagramE minorEm
So soon, so soon
Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramC7C7      Chord diagramG+G
 You've got it beat
Chord diagramBB       Chord diagramE minorEm
 'til it beats you

Verse 3:
Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramBB            Chord diagramE minorEm
 I left my flaming sword
  Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramC7C7   Chord diagramG+G
beside your bed
Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramBB              Chord diagramE minorEm
I woke to find it pressed
Chord diagramE minorEm      Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G
against my neck
Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramBB             Chord diagramE minorEm
You wept "suggestion never works
Chord diagramE minorEm         Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9 Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramC7C7   Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramG+G
So now I'm try---ing something else"
Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramBB           Chord diagramE minorEm
I shut my eyes, ho hum, oh well...

Verse 4:
Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramBB           Chord diagramE minorEm
 I felt a feather fall,
  Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramC7C7    Chord diagramG+G
a tree trunk split
Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramBB           Chord diagramE minorEm
Inside my lion laughed,
Chord diagramE minorEm       Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG+G
played violin
Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramBB                   Chord diagramE minorEm
He said you should give up your voice
Chord diagramE minorEm        Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9 Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramC7C7 Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G
Before we both  end up destroyed
Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramBB              Chord diagramE minorEm
I quit alright, he purred, "Good boy."
Bridge:
Chord diagramE minorEm                    Chord diagramC majorC                          Chord diagramE minorEm
"Cause you'll believe anything." And we went and copped
Chord diagramE minorEm               Chord diagramC majorC                        Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramBB     Chord diagramE minorEm
"You'll fall for anyone." I said, "That's not exactly true
Chord diagramBB    Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramC minorCm
Only you
Chord diagramC minorCm                Chord diagramG+G
I'll do what you do."

Solo:
Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramBB Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramC7C7 Chord diagramG+G (x2)
Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramBB Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9 Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramC7C7 Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramBB Chord diagramE minorEm

Interlude:
Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramBB Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC (x5)

Verse 5:
Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramBB        Chord diagramE minorEm
 You wake in the hospital
     Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramG+G
in a thrift store suit
Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramBB           Chord diagramE minorEm
Hear your lover's voice
Chord diagramE minorEm       Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramG+G
from the waiting room
Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramBB                 Chord diagramE minorEm
You shut your eyes and pray for peace
Chord diagramE minorEm             Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramG+G
Think "I'm not here, this isn't me
Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramBB                      Chord diagramE minorEm
This isn't something that I would do
Chord diagramE minorEm         Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G
I know the complicated truth
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramBB              Chord diagramE minorEm
I make a mask, a lion's roar
Chord diagramE minorEm        Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA big top tent, a firey sword
Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramBB                Chord diagramE minorEm
But they're not real, they never were
Chord diagramE minorEm           Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramG+G
And soon she won't be real either
Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramBB                 Chord diagramE minorEm
This is the life you went and earned
Chord diagramE minorEm          Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
Because you never f**king learn
Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramBB                 Chord diagramE minorEm
And you could waste all of your years
Chord diagramE minorEm         Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramG+G
Fixing the mess you're making here
Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramBB                    Chord diagramE minorEm
So as her nervous breath draws close
Chord diagramE minorEm              Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramG+G
Her dress heels click off their approach
Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramBB
You clutch your chest and whisper
Chord diagramE minorEm
"Oh no,

Outro:
               Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramBB          Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC
no what will I do? What will I do?
Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramBB          Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC
My love, my love, what will I  do?

Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramBB          Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC
mmmmmmhmmmm mmhmm  (x2)

Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramBB          Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramC7C7
Ooh-oh-uh-ohhh oh whoa oh oh oh ooh (x2)

Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramBB   Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramC7C7
No, no, no, no   (x2)

Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramBB Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramC7C7 (3x)
Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramBB Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC minorCm

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