E _ _ _ _
Em _
D _ .
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G _ _ _ _ .
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C _
G _ _ _ .
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C _ _ _ _ .
_ _
E _ Sing
D the way
G for a priceless _ gift.
C _ One not subtle, _ one not
G on the list.
Em _ Sing
D the way
G for a perfect _ world.
C _ One not simply _ so
G _ .
absurd.
Em _ In
D these times
G of doing what you're told.
C _ Keep these feelings _ no one knows.
Am _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ Whatever happened to
Em the _ young _ man's heart?
_ .
_ _
Am _ _ _ _ .
Swallowed by _ pain as
G he slowly _ fell _ apart.
_ .
_
E And I'm staring
Em down the barrel
D of a forty-bottle.
_ _
C Swimming through the ashes of another life.
G _ _
E No real reason
D to be so awake.
Thanks to
C train sailing down the barrel
Am of a forty _ -bottle.
Em _ _ _
D _ .
_ _
G _ _ _ _ .
_ _
C _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ Send _
Em _ _ _
D a message
G to the _ unborn child.
C _ Keep your eyes open _ _
G for a while.
Em _ In
D a box,
G high up on the shelf.
C _
G Left for you, _ no one _
Em else.
There's
D a piece
G of a puzzle known as life.
C _ Wrapped in gild, _ sealed up _
Am tight.
_ _ _ .
Whatever _ _ _ _ happened to
Em the _ young _ man's _ heart?.
A _ _ _
Am _ _ _ .
Swallowed by _ pain as
G he slowly _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_
E fell apart.
And I'm staring down the
Em barrel
D of a forty-bottle.
_ _
C Swimming through the ashes of another life.
G _ _
E No real reason
D to accept the way
G things are
C taken.
Staring down the barrel
Am of a forty-bottle.
_
C _ _ _ _ .
Everyone
B pointing their _
C fingers.
_ _ _ .
Always
B _ condemning _ .
C _ me.
_ And nobody
B knows what I _
E _ _ _
F#m _ .
believe.
G _ _ _
C.
I don't
E _ believe.
F#m _ .
_
G _
C _ _ _ _ .
F# And
E I'm staring down the barrel
D of a forty-bottle.
G _ _
C Swimming through the ashes of another life.
_ _
E No real reason
D to accept the way things are
C taken.
Staring down the barrel
Am of a forty
G-bottle.
F# And
E I'm staring down
F# the barrel
G of a _
D bottle.
Now
C swimming through
D the ashes
C of another life.
G F# There
E is no real
F# reason to
G accept the way
D.
things are
C taken.
Staring down
D the barrel
A of a forty _ .
G F#-bottle.
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F# _ _ _
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