secrets of a salesman (better transcription) (tune down 1/2 step to match recording) 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