secrets of a salesman (better transcription)

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G (320003@1)                     EmThese (022000@1)baby secrets have grown into children
        C (x32010@1)                   Dthrough (xx0232@1)dirty adolescence and now into manhood
Am (x02210@1)                 C (x32010@1)                              D (xx0232@1)      
I locked the basement door, broke off the skeleton key
G (320003@1)                       Em (022000@1)                        
but it made no difference still they travel with me 
C (x32010@1)                        Deven (xx0232@1)though I killed them they'll haunt me and they'll help me
Am (x02210@1)                     C (x32010@1)                Dremember (xx0232@1)the lies in the shadows, practiced charades
   Am (x02210@1)         C (x32010@1)                 Dmy (xx0232@1)hands are an axe chopping at the roots
       Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)                       Dof (xx0232@1)the only family tree that could ever bear fruit
   Am (x02210@1)           C (x32010@1)                Em (022000@1)       Dto (xx0232@1)cripple you to make sure that you never reproduce
        Am (x02210@1)             C (x32010@1)              Danother (xx0232@1)heart of lies, a house of haunted rooms 
    C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)      Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)              C (x32010@1)         
the arrow is thrown into your back nothing has ever been
   Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)   Bm (x24432@1)Dso (xx0232@1)distant and weak
C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)             Em (022000@1)      D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1)            
dreaded words whispered under her breath "your just like your father"
         D (xx0232@1)   Em (022000@1)         D (xx0232@1)Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)   Em (022000@1)         D (xx0232@1)Em (022000@1) Gand (320003@1)your ocean is a drop of water your ocean is a drop of water 


G (320003@1)                     Emtightly (022000@1)woven wire mesh beneath the broken 
 C (x32010@1)                     Dsalesman (xx0232@1)as he's rolling down the conveyer belt
    Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)                         D (xx0232@1)
the product is almost ready to be shipped out the door
G (320003@1)                Em (022000@1)out into the world to make a living 
C (x32010@1)                      Dselling (xx0232@1)plastic faces to everyone who needs em
Am (x02210@1)                      C (x32010@1)                    Dto (xx0232@1)forget the lies in the shadows, the practiced charades
    Am (x02210@1)       C (x32010@1)                   D (xx0232@1)
the enemy will make sure the ties on straight
           Am (x02210@1)           C (x32010@1)                   Dcause (xx0232@1)it's always best to make an impression of wealth
   Am (x02210@1)            C (x32010@1)                Em (022000@1)                Dno (xx0232@1)matter how much hatred and debt is boiling beneath the surface
    Am (x02210@1)                 C (x32010@1)            D"I (xx0232@1)love you" spills like vomit from her lips
    C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)      Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)              C (x32010@1)         
the arrow is thrown into your back nothing has ever been
   Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)   Bm (x24432@1)Dso (xx0232@1)distant and weak
C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)             Em (022000@1)      D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1)            
dreaded words whispered under her breath "your just like your father"
         D (xx0232@1)   Em (022000@1)         D (xx0232@1)Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)   Em (022000@1)         D (xx0232@1)Em (022000@1) Gand (320003@1)your ocean is a drop of water your ocean is a drop of water 
G (320003@1)  Em (022000@1)  C (x32010@1) Dwater (xx0232@1)
Am (x02210@1)                  C (x32010@1)                          D (xx0232@1)      
I locked the basement door, broke off the skeleton key
G (320003@1)  Em (022000@1)  C (x32010@1) Dwater (xx0232@1)Am (x02210@1)                   C (x32010@1)                   Dforget (xx0232@1)the lies in the shadows, don't forget me