I Burn Today Chords by Frank Black

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[C] I knew [Am] a girl [Em] with [C] sad blue eyes, but [Am] at the feast [Em] I lost my [C] psychic prize.
I did forget what the [F] tarot [Am] made it say.
[C] I [G] burned [Am] today, [G] I burned [C] today.
_ Our house [Am] was filled [Em] _ with many [C] birds.
She said to [Am] me, I [Em] can understand [C] their words.
The land [Am] will shake, [F] so [Am] run away.
[C] I [Am] burned today, [Em] I [C] burned today.
_ [G] _ Yesterday [F] I will burn _ [Em] for [G] the times I did not learn.
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_ She [Am] said our fun, [G] it's [C] time has come.
Hold my heart strings [Em] and have yourself [C] a strum.
No nevermore, [F] this song [C] will we play.
I [Am] burned today, [G] I [C] burned today.
And [Am] as I drank, [Em] in [C] old Perry, _ she lay [Am] her cards [Em] just to see what she [C] would see.
_ Down [A] by the water [F] you'll find your [Am] happy day.
[C] I [Am] burned today, [C] [G] I [C] burned today.
[G] _ Yesterday I [F] will burn for [Em] _ the times [G] I did not learn.
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_ I [Am] ran so [G] fast into [C] the north, no [Am] snow on me.
[Em] And so [G] he said, [C]
thenceforth, I let snow fall [F] on frozen [Am]
yesterday.
[C] I [Am] burned today, _ [Em] I [C] burned today.
And if [Am] my head [Em] is [C] hanging down, I [Am] feel her arms [Em] and her legs are [C] all around.
_ And [Am] we make [F] love beside the [C]
waterway.
I burned today, [G] I [C] burned today.
[G] _ Yesterday [F] I will burn _ [Em] for the times [G] I did not learn.
[C] _ Behold the roads [Em] of [C] Jericho.
_ How [Am] many [C] lives [G] I really [C] do not know.
Though with the rain [F] I know it [Am] will return.
[C] Today [Am] I burned, [Em] _ [C] today I burned.
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