Chords for Matt Pless - Mad Child's Lament

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Charcoal lines tracing [G] time Background of a sketchbook [D] life
Hides [A] inside the prisons [G] of her mind _ _ _ _ [D]
Rainbow hair and vibrant [G] lips
The devil twists her finger [D] tips Scorns the [A] angel kiss she [G] left behind _ _ _ _
She catches all the swirling [A] colors from the afterglow _ _
[G] Paints herself into a corner [A] then she calls it home
She [G] says when we're together that [A] we're better off alone
But then [D] she draws the [A] blinds and calls me to [Bm] her bed _ _ _
[G] In a sea of satin [A] thread [Em] Where the truth is left [A]
unsaid
[Em] Yes I think I've made [A] you a mess and [D] I am
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_ _ Raised her tongue, warm embrace [G] Shades of guilt across her face
[D] _ Vanishes [A] without a [G] trace again _ _
_ [D] She lies awake and talks to ghosts [G] Who whisper secrets through the smoke
[D] Cause all she ever [A]
wanted was [G] a friend _ _
_ She dances with the shadows of [A] the lovers from her past
[Em] She drags her pawns along the lonely [A] chessboard made of glass
[G] She runs away from everything cause [A] nothing good can last
And then [D] she shuts her [A] eyes and all the world [Bm] drops dead _
_ [G] And the tears were [A] finally shed [G] On a canvas splashed with [A] red
Yes [G] I think I made [A] you up inside [D] my head _
_ _ _ [G] _ Winter _ [Em] weaves its cloak [G]
of frozen [D] gray _
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_ _ _ [G] Spring has never seemed so [D] far away _
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You _ [G] _ _ know how [A] to hurt me so
[G] _ More than _ [Bm] _ anyone
I _
_ _ [G] _ bruised and broke [A] _ open you
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_ [G] You opened up a window and you [A] finally closed the door
_ [Em] Now everything is hollow where [A] the silent lions roar
_ [Em] There's nothing in here moving I [A] can't feel you anymore
I should [D] have tried to catch [A] a comet's [Bm] tail instead _ _ _
_ [G] Cause I may have been [A]
misled [G] By the image I [A] was fed
[G] Yes I think I made [A] you up inside [Bm] my head _ _
_ [G] Should have tried to catch [A] a comet's tail [D] instead _ _ _
_ [G] Should have tried to catch [A] a comet's tail [D] instead _ _ _
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