Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Intro: A- - E - F#m- - E- x4
Verse 1:
A
You hold me like a puppet
G
in your clammy hands
Dm C
Breathing your soft inuendoes
A G
I can feel the music through your eyes
Dm
So much pain it hurts my soul
Refrain 1:
Am G
Take me where oleander grow
Dm
Show me all the things
F
that I don't know
Chorus:
A E- - F#m - E
I'm outside
A E- - F#m - E
Let me in
F
I'm still shedding
Dm E - F#m - E
my original skin
A E - F#m - E
Show me where I've
A E - F#m - E
never been
F
I'm still shedding
Dm
my original skin
Post Biss: A- - E - F#m- - E- x2
Verse 2:
A G
I am not afraid all
I have to fear is myself
Dm C
me or I
A
My curls have
G Dm
twisted themselves into knots
Refrain 2:
Am G
Twist and turn me inside out
Dm F
Show me what bliss is about
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
F B F C
If I wait to run away
Ab Bb
I'll be trapped another day
Interlude: A- - E - F#m- - E- x4
(Repeat Refrain 1)
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro: F- - B- - F - C - Ab- - B-
F
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B
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F C
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Ab Bb
la la la la la la la
F
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B
la la la la la la la
F C
la la la la la la la
Ab Bb F(hold)
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