Matthew Thiessen and The Earthquakes

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Matthew Thiessen and The Earthquakes


Tom: Gm

G                       D
I'm looking at a photograph of heaven
              G
And the personnel they let in
Em                                   D                  G
Expose the souls they're not afraid to show
                        D
I'll analyze the world and all it's people
                   Em
Concluding everyone is evil
       D
And I more so than anyone
  Am
I know

I have my faults
            E                      D
But I'd so much rather look at yours
       Am
And pretend I have none at all
       Em          D                 C
But who am I kidding anyway

G   C   G

C                                     G
I won't give you the satisfaction
                                      C
Of seeing me when I'm like this
                                               G
Cause honestly you wouldn't like this
                                                       C
So close your eyes and watch me hide
                                        G
I won't give you the satisfaction
                                         C
Of seeing me broken and bleeding
                                    G
A life that is barely still breathing
                                                       F
So close your eyes and watch me hide
                 C     D
Watch me hide
G                                    D
So I'll wander off where no one else can find me
             Em
And the silence will remind me
                            D
That this is more sobering than
   Am
I thought

I could hold on
           E                 D
To that old familiar lie that is
Am
Pretending nothing's wrong
       Em          D
But who am I kidding anyway

Bb   Eb  Bb

And I thought it'd be okay
       Eb                                         Bb
For innocence to melt away with age
C
But sometimes as you grow smarter
F                                     Bb
Your heart grows harder

The stupid things that those around us do
Eb                                Bb
Often make us angry and teach us not to follow suit
      Eb                        Cm
But just be sure your heart stays full
Gm                            F         G
Not emptied out and cynical
G                                                         C     D
Lately yourself is someone you can't be
G                                                      C      D      G
And I say if this is you then woe is me