Chords for Wandering Daughter - Kimya Dawson Lyrics

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_ _ _ I [B] am the _
[D] wanderer's wandering daughter [G] I'll wrestle [E] the [D] pestle for the sake of the
mortar [G] I love [C] as I breathe [D] and I leave [G] as I live
I cast [C] iron shield the [D] _ titanium [G] _
_ sieve _ _ _ _ _ _ And a castle [C] that's built on [D] _ confusion and
doubt [G] Is a nickel [C] within [D] and a dollar without
_ [G] Just [C] when the shoes seem [E] so big I [G] can't win I fill [C] my own sneakers [D] and take off [G] again _
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_ I [E] am the [D] wanderer's wandering daughter [G] I take all [C] my pain [D] and I mix it with water
[G] It's sunny, [C] it's sweet, [D] and I don't [G] purple stuff it one day
[C] By the way I [D] met [G] little Miss Buffet _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I blew [E] my mind with [D] the stuff that I taught
[G] her I [C] am the _ [D] wanderer's wandering daughter
[G] I said, [C] if a spider [D] should sit [G] down beside you Tell him [C] your name [D] and then tell him [G] the
truth _ A _ _ _ _ _ _ great [C] hairy spider [D] _
appeared there and then
[G] And the hole in [C] my soul [D] started letting in wind
[G] I felt [C] like a lamb [D] being led [G] to the slaughter _ I [C] am the _ [D] wanderer's [G] wandering daughter _ _
_ _ _ _ _ She said, [C] ah Miss [D] Buffet I'm very afraid [G] But something [C] _ inside me [D] is making me stay
[G] _ I [C] know deep down [D] that if I run [G] away I'll just [C] meet more spiders [D] and still feel [G] the same _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ The spider he [C] smiled [D] and said, how is this true?
[G] When I [C] am so [D] terribly smaller than you [G] My web, [C] it just [A] went in the way [G] the wind blew
What [C] I was in for [D] I hadn't [G] a clue _ _ _ _ _ _ _ He touched her [C] face gently [D] with six of his legs
[G] And licked from [C] her chin a [D] speck of curb and whey
[G] And when I [C] was certain we'd [G] both be okay I tightened [C] my laces [D] and I [G] walked away _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ As I walked [C] away [D] I was feeling excluded [G] _ Wishing [C]
my [D] impulses weren't diluted
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The muscle [C] I hustle [Em] is real [G] for my friend But the muscle [C] I keep [D] for myself is [G] pretend
_ _ I _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] am the _ [D] wanderer's wandering daughter [G]
I travel [C] the land [D] and I live like a martyr
[G] The things [C] that I do [D]
aren't the [G] things that I teach If I spend [C] my time [D] practicing when will [G] I preach? _
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Do [C] what I must while [D] you do what you oughta [G] I [C] am the _ [D]
wanderer's wandering daughter
[G] Take all [C] my pain [A] and mix [G] it with water I [C] am the [D] wanderer's wandering [G] daughter
_ I'm _ _ _ _ _ _ lost [C] and alone [D]
and I'm fair and I'm free [G] You am what [C] you is [D] and I are who I be
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What I'm lacking, [C] _ strength [D] I make up [G] for in smarts You keep your [C] stability, _
[D] I'll [G] keep my heart _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Fear finds [C] October, [D] emotions are juices [G] _
Feed [C] around bushes [D] and make up excuses
[G] Go out [C] for [Em] ceruleans, come home with [G] _ chartreuses Snip [C] and cut bonsais [D] and turn them [G] to spruces
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Miss [C] Muffet called [D] me and she said, don't cry [G] Real [C] friends are friends [D] until after they die
[G] _ Still [C] I _ [D] romanticize [G] all this disorder I am [C] the _ [D] wanderer's [G] wandering daughter
_ Hop [C] the next bus [D] and [G] run for the border I am [E] the _ [D] wanderer's wandering [G] daughter _
Give [C] you my life if you [G] give me a quarter I am [E] the _ [D] wanderer's wandering [G] daughter _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So _ _ long, been good to know ya [D] So _ _ long, been good to know ya
[G] So _ long, been good to know ya [D] I've got PB [C] _ [G] moving along _ _ _ _ _ _
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