Key: C
Introduction:
Dm
Wish that I didn?t have to see a confidant as an enemy
Dm
Count on lies and the lines you cross helplessly I could only watch
Dm
Dodging words as they ricochet honesty that?ll never pay
Dm
Your convictions I believe like an apparition haunting me
Dm
Now the truth is a ball and chain
F C
Holding my conscience to the flame
Dm
Covered up but still I know
F C
The secret of the life you?re guilty of
Dm
The smoking gun is what I?ve found
F C G
The dirt I have on you is the ground
Dm
Ooh I?m buried under
Dm
Trying to tread through sinking sand but in your wake you know I can?t stand
Dm
What I thought was meant to be is a broken heart weighing down on me
Dm
Now the truth is a ball and chain
F C
Holding my conscience to the flame
Dm
Covered up but still I know
F C
The secret of the life you?re guilty of
Dm
The smoking gun is what I?ve found
F C G
The dirt I have on you is the ground
Dm
Ooh I?m buried under
Lead
Dm
Can you fall for the wings of a dove when the clever wolf is the one you love
Dm
Now the truth is a ball and chain
F C
Holding my conscience to the flame
Dm
Covered up but still I know
F C
The secret of the life you?re guilty of
Dm
The smoking gun is what I?ve found
F C G
The dirt I have on you is the ground
Dm
Ooh I?m buried under
Dm
Wish that I didn?t have to see a confidant as an enemy