Chords for The Faint - Birth

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_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [B] In the beginning there [E] was cedar, _ _ _ in a deep pile of the flesh, _ _ and the crust I [C] traveled _ _
on a way to build [E] my own nest _ _ through a tunnel of mucus. _ _ _
And on the thought of all _ _ _ the [D] tourists and [C] traffic, _ _ _ _ I have [Em] just amazed [E] myself. _
_ Not I as my home felt, _ _ just the [D] half that I [E] had, _ _ _ before greeting [C] the rest _ _ _ of [E] my better half. _ _
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_ _ _ _ A connection was made, _ _ _ through the shared [Em] love of [E] science, _ _ _ [D] and vows were [C] taken.
_ _ _ _ A seed was [E] hired, _ _ _ a [D] cavern grew, [E] _ _ _ a broad shape to my eye.
_ _ _ In the months that [C] remained, _ _ _ to the [E] time of my life, _ _ [G] I'd thrash for [E] a razor,
_ _ _ a stud from the crack, _ _ _ to the palms of a [C] yonder, _ _ _ to an elbow of [E] scraps.
_ _ _ My brains wouldn't fit, _ _ _ through all my grand success. _ _ _
And a season was made, _ _ _ when a scalp [Em] on a mask, _ _ _ _
_ I should have noticed the beauty, and not how it hurt,
wet [C] like a cherry [Em] in a bloodbath [E] of birth. _ _ _
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