Key: D
Introduction: E A F#m A
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Don't damn me
E A
When I speak a piece of my mind
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'Cause silence isn't golden
A E
When I'm holding it inside
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'Cause I've been where I have been
E A
And I've seen what I have seen
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I put the pen to the paper
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'Cause it's all a part of me
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Be it a song or a casual conversation
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To hold my tongue speaks
A E
Of quiet reservations
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Your words once heard
A E
They can place you in a faction
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My words may disturb
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But at least there's reaction
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Sometimes I wanna kill
A E
Sometimes I wanna die
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Sometimes I wanna destroy
A E
Sometimes I wanna cry
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Sometimes I could get even
A E
Sometimes I could give up
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Sometimes I could give
A E
Sometimes I never give a fuck
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It's only for a while
A D
I hope you undersdtand
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I never wanted this to happen
B E
Didn't want to be a man
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So I hid inside my world
A D
I took what I could find
B E
I cried when I was lonely
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I feel down when I was blind
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But don't damn me when I speak
A
A piece of my mind
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'Cause silence isn't golden
A E
When I'm holding it inside
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'Cause I've been where I have been
E A
And I've seen what I have seen
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I put the pen to the paper
A E F#m
'Cause it's all a part of me
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How can I ever satisfy you
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And how can I ever make you see
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That deep inside we're all somebody
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And it don't matter who you wanna be
A D A D
But now I gotta smile I hope you comprehend
B E
For this man can stay it happened
B E
'Cause this child has been condemned
A D
So I stepped into your world
A D
I kicked you in the mind
B E
And I'm the only witness
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To the nature of my crime
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But look at what we've done
E A
To the innocent and young
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Whoa listen to who's talkin'
A E
'Cause we're not the only ones
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The trash collected by the eyes
E A
And dumped into the brain
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Said it tears into our consciuos thoughts
A E
You tell me who's to blame
D A E
I know you don't wanna hear me cryin'
D A E
And I know you don't wanna hear me deny
D A E
That your satisfaction lies in your illusions
D A E
But your delusions are yours and not mine
D A E
We take for granted we know the whole story
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We judge a book by it's cover
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And read what we want
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Between selected lines
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Don't hail me
E
And don't idolize the ink
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Or I've failed in my attentions
A E
Can you find the missin' link
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Your only validation is in living your own life
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Vicarious existence is a fucking waste of time
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So I send this song to the offended
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I said what I meant and I've never pretended
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As so many others do intending just to please
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If I damned your point of view
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Don't damn me
E A
When I speak a piece of my mind
F#m
'Cause silence it's not golden
A E
When I'm holding it inside
F#m
I've been where I have been
E A
And I've seen what I have seen
F#m
Put the pen to the paper
A E
'Cause it's all a part of me
F#m E
Don't damn me
A F#m A
I said don't damn me
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I said don't hail me
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Don't damn me
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All right that's stopped!