Chords for Singing Knives

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_ _ To live without love is [Dm] a [Bb] knife in every _ [F] direction.
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_ _ And when you touched me that night I [Dm] saw lights [Bb] and cold steel [F] reflections.
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_ _ _ Tell me what's the point of living [Dm] _ _
[Bb] and feeling [F] so _
_ _ _ [E] loveless.
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_ _ _ Nothing helps me [Em] do a thing [Dm] now darling [Bb] I [F] think I'm _ hopeless.
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_ _ Because [Bb] I worked at the foundry [F] for six months _ [Bb] and I dated your friends they're [F] all dumb punks
_ [Bb] and the flowers [F] in bloom [C] and your cheap perfume.
[F] I thought it was too [Dm] nice to meet much
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with _ Jack or Jim or mere him [Dm] you used to [Bb] _
spike [F] your iced tea. _
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And I used to show up late in [Am]
stone [Dm] just praying [Bb] you'd forgive me.
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And I clean up all right [Dm] it's not like [Bb]
you [F] ever _ [D] notice. _
_ [F] _ But _ _ nothing helps me hold a job [Dm] down darling [Bb] I [F] think I broke that. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] Because I don't care to work [F] on a Sunday _ _ [Bb] I dug gravel for miles cross [F] some site. _ _
[Bb] Don't tell me some loves [C] take a back road to town you know I [F] like to drive [Dm] all night. _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ Well a poor boy [D] finding you was like buying [Bb] a lottery [F] _
ticket.
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_ _ And when you said I [C] couldn't hold you [Dm] I told you [Bb] we ought to [F] _
forget it. _ _ _ _
_ _ And I don't care to be happy [Dm] just don't [Bb] wanna let [F] you _ down. _ _ _ _
_ _ I swear I don't give a shit no [Dm] I spit [Bb] when I pass your [F] _ _
hometown.
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_ _ Because [Bb] at a _ Walsh at your [F] sister's wedding _ _ I [Bb] shook your father's [F] right hand.
_ But [Bb] a few scented candles [C] and pictures on mouse [F] they don't fix an angry [Dm] young _ man.
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_ _ And it [F] cuts to [Am] the bone [Dm] there's a stone in my throat just [F] singing.
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_ _ That I carved at a home of [Dm] my own [Bb] with no one's [F] forgiveness.
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_ _ When [E] I close my eyes I [Dm] don't try but [Bb] I still see [F] you naked.
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_ _ And that wound was so raw [Dm] that I thought [Bb] that we could [F] still make it. _ _ _ _ _
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