Chords for 10,000 Maniacs - Jezebel

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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ To [Cm] think of [Bb] my task as chilling
[C] _ _ To know I [Bb] was _ carefully building [Ab] the _ mask [Bb] I was _ wearing _ _
[Ab] _ _ The two [Bb] years we're here, I [C] take it all _
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_ _ I [Cm] sigh in [Bb] the dark, explaining _
[C] _ _ _ [Eb] To _
[Bb] myself that I'm straining [Ab] too hard for [Bb] _ feeling _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ How hard to [Bb] find _ _ _ [C] is all the _ [Cm] lame _
_ _ Call _ _
_ [Bb] myself _ _ Jezebel, _ _ _ still [Gm] _ [Ab] believe _ _ _
_ _ Before _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ I say, did the vows we've made
Weigh like a stone in my _ _ heart
_ Spamma me, _ _ spamma me _
Don't let this tear [Cm] us _ _ apart _ _
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_ _ Even though [Bb] I'm innocent, _ baby
[C] _ _ I [Cm] feel like [Bb] a thief who's raiding [Ab] your _ _ _ home
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ Entering and breaking [Bb] and taking _ _ in [C] your gray [Cm] room _ _
I _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] know [Bb] your _ feelings are tender
[C] _ _ _ [Cm] I know [Bb] inside you remember [Ab] still _ gold and [Bb] _ shadow _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ I'm only a [Bb] _ bare and [Cm] blackened _ coal
[C] _ _
_ _ And call _ [Bb] myself _ _ _ _ _ _ Jezebel, _ _ continue [Ab] _ to _ lead _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ I'm not saying _ I'm replacing _ [Bb] love with some [Eb] other word
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ To describe the sacred _ time [Bb] that bound _ [Ab] me to you
_ _ [Eb] I'm just saying _ we've mistaken _ [Bb] war for thousands [Ab] of _ words
And [Eb] for that mistake I caused you such [Bb] pain when I _
[Cm] Damned that I could _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] And no more ways to [Cm]
hide _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] Than [Ab] a _ _ desolate [Bb] _ _
and empty _ _ hollow _ [F] place _ inside
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_ _ [Ab] _ _ I'm _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ not _ saying I'm replacing _ [Bb] _
love with some [Ab] other word
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To describe [Ab] the sacred _ time that [Bb] bound _ _ [Ab] me to you _
_ _ [Eb] I'm not saying _ love's a black [Bb] thing, no, it's a powerful [Ab] _ word
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_ _ _ Inspired [Ab] by strong _ desire [Bb] to bind myself [Ab] to you
_ _ [Eb] Oh, how I wish [Ab] that we never _ _ [Bb] had tried
_ [Ab] To _ _ [Gm] be men and be [Eb] swirled, to [Ab] be paralyzed
[Bb] And to blindfold _ the _ both our _ [Eb] eyes
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