[D/A] [Em/H] [C/G]

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Unhand me [D/A]I am not a criminal
But I’ve played a [D/A]guilty part
In the modern sense that one [D/A]pretends their life is o[Em/H]riginal

I wrote a book and I will [D/A]call it something cynical
Ooo[D/A]ooooo
The story’s slow the hero [D/A]does not change and if he can then he won’t anyway
Em G D/A Em D(quick)
Instead his foes and lovers all become identical

G D/A Em D(quick)
G D/A Em D(quick)
G D/A Em D(quick)
[D/A]
I fled the [C/G]country
[D/A]I thought I’d leave this [Em/H]behind oohwo[C/G]ahoh

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But I built the [C/G]same damn house
On every [D/A]acre I could [Em/H]find[C/G]

D Hey! Am

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And I tried to fake my own death
to shake the [D/A]devils from my [Em/H]mind oohwo[C/G]ahoh

I said

Unhand me [D/A]I am not a criminal
And if I am I paid the [D/A]man just let me go
Soon enough you will be dancing at my funeral

I’m hoping for
A song that will come to me while I’m asleep

‘Cause I can’t lie
So I can’t write~~

Eyes in the dark

And it has occurred to me
That I have spent my whole life
Starting over, oh oh

Cry, pining for

The things that I could have been
I could have been a gold digger
I could have been a gunslinger
I could have been a little bigger
I could of been an old ringer

I could’ve been a pop singer
I could’ve been a pop singer
I could’ve been a pop singer

But what I am is a silence

(verse 2)
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I crawled into a spotlight
Cleared my throat and I closed my eyes
I sang a song that I didn’t like
I sang a song that I didn’t like
And I was left in the long night
I hoped to God that I wouldn’t die
Before I gave it an honest try
Now I try And I try And I try
To recall a little white light
To put me back into my right mind
I dig a hole and see what I can find
I dig a hole and see what I can find
I’ve been burying my whole life
Beneath the lie that it looks like
Beneath the song that I didn’t write
Beneath the song that I didn’t write

(verse 3)
I crawled into a spotlight
And in my state I was a sorry sight
I sing a song til I get it right
I sing a song til I get it right

I sing a song til I get it right
I sing a song til I get it right
I sing a song til I get it right