Chords with lyrics
[Verse 1]
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I once knew a man who learned such a thing
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Cut off his hand to spite his ring
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He poisoned the well to spite the frogs
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Put down his son to spite the dog
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He cut out his sleep to spite his dreams
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Picked all the flowers to spite the bees
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He burned his bible to spite the Lord
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Took a day off to lick his wounds I heard him swear,
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"Life is such a wretched affair
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I'm gonna hold my breath to spite the air"
[Verse 2]
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He drained the canal to spite the fish
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Flooded the land to spite the bridge
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He dug up the hills to spite the sky
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Tore out his tongue to spite the lies
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He cut down the trees to spite the shade
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Laid her to rest to spite the life they'd made
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He burned his his bible to spite the Lord
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Took a day off to lick his wounds I heard him swear,
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"Life is such a cursed affair
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I'm gonna hold my breath, No, I'm gonna stop breathing
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