Chords for Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (audio)

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_ _ _ _ They tied his arm behind his back, to teach him how to swim.
_ _ They put blood in his coat bag, and he'll get it too.
_ [Dm] They stood over the soldier, in the midst of [D] the swallows. _ _
There was war in his body, _ and it caused his brain to hollow. _
_ He made the sacrifice, _ mutilated my face.
[G] If you [D] need someone to kill, [G] I'm a man [D] without a will.
[G] Watched the razor [D] in the rain, [G] but he [D] luxuriated pain.
[G] At least [D] I'll set me free, [G] death means a [Dm] lot to me.
_ [D] _ The pain was lean, and it made him scream, he knew it was a lie.
_ _ He put a pin through the nipples on his chest, he thought he was insane.
_ _ I've made love to my mother, killed my father and my brother, [G] what am [D] I to do? _ _
When a sin goes too far, it's like a runaway car, we cannot be controlled. _ _
_ Spit upon his face and scream, there's no end of us today.
_ _ This is the way you think that you are, then [G] [D] what will you say?
_ _ Take the blue mask out from my [G] face, and [D] look me in the eye.
_ [Dm] I can't hear the thrill from punishment, I've [D] been whipping that way.
_ I don't despise repentance, if you are permanently stained.
_ Your weakness lies in difference, [G] and in [D] discretion in the streets. _ _
Dirt is what you are, and clean is what [Eb] you're not, you deserve to make [D] sounds like bait. _ _
_ [G] Make the [D] sacrifice, [G] take [D] it all away.
[G] There's [D] no rope high enough [G] to stop [Dm] this everyday.
[G] Don't [D] take it away, put [G] the leader at your joint.
[D] [G] Put the [D] stallion at his mouth, [G] and stuff [D] it in his mouth. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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