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       CG Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)               Em (022000@1)    CI (x32010@1)know you must know it now, my organs have stoned.
C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)                 Em (022000@1)          DMy (xx0232@1)fingers are numb around your warm pulsing throat.
C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)             Em (022000@1)       CAnd (x32010@1)I whisper "My wife.." She opens her pale eyes.
C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)                Em (022000@1)          DShe (xx0232@1)smiled, so I smiled. And I got what I deserved.
C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)                    Em (022000@1)           CThis (x32010@1)house was my flowered heart, my petals have fallen.
C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)                      Em (022000@1)        D"Do (xx0232@1)you love him, tell me now or I'll show you my scars."
                 C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)                  C (x32010@1)GAnd (320003@1)you will bow boldly and tell me your sorry,
                  C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)                   DBut (xx0232@1)you're hardly moving, wake up and give me what I know I deserve.

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C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)                    Em (022000@1)        CThe (x32010@1)farmers wife heard it from the street down below,
C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)                 Em (022000@1)      DAnd (xx0232@1)later fully recalled each harrowing note.
                 C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)    GAnd (320003@1)she will cry holy spirit has cursed me,
                C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)              DAnd (xx0232@1)for this my ending sooner then I deserve.

C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)                   Em (022000@1)  CThe (x32010@1)children weren't lucky to have only used ears.
C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)                   Em (022000@1)             DAs (xx0232@1)I stood on top of him looking down, I felt the fear in their skin,
             C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)                   C (x32010@1)GThey (320003@1)plead, "Father, did you kill our leader?
                   C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)              DOur (xx0232@1)rock and great teacher, what did he deserve?"
                           C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)                         C (x32010@1)GAnd (320003@1)I reply "No, killed my leeches and the wound that has freed us,
                   C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)             DAnd (xx0232@1)I hope you can see it for what I deserve."

C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)                        Em (022000@1)    CThe (x32010@1)judge would ask why again was it him and not her?
C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)                          Em (022000@1)      DThe (xx0232@1)only response I could think was to settle my nerve..
          C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)       GAnd (320003@1)try.. killing my leeches, suffering me speechless.
C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)              DAbandoning (xx0232@1)secrets and trust all the same.
     C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)           Em (022000@1)CSo (x32010@1)I deserve, what I deserve.
   C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)           EmI (022000@1)deserve, what I deserve.
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