I Was A Prayer Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

G Em C G Em C G

GI am waiting 'til there's nothing left

I'm a prayer, all you see is breath

 I amEm empty, I am sCkin and bones, I'm a Gribcage

Well, I'm out the door with apathy

And I'm coming home with sympathy

 I am Emrealize, I am Cshame, I choose to Gstay here

EmYou got a sign, so CI pay a ransom

GYou felt sorry, Dso I felt a wrath come

EmHad a nice grip on my Clife 'til you twisted my arm

 My Darm

 Pre verse-G,Em,C,G,Em,C,G

GThere's a song I love so much I stole

Every precious note I took, I sold

 Now I Emspit out words. Do you Csee my lungs on the dGancefloor?

GTo a hopeless cause, I sold my soul

 A romantic plastic piece of shit you can Emmold

 Until I Cbreak into chokable Gpieces

EmYou got a sign, so CI pay a ransom

GYou felt sorry, Dso I felt a wrath come

EmHad a nice grip on my Clife 'til you twisted my arm

DMy arm

Solo

G Em C G Em C

EmAnd I open up like the Cback of a book

GI ruin everything with Djust a quick look

EmI settle down like a Crocket explodes

GHit the ground, but how Dfar out who knows

EmYou got a sign, so CI pay a ransom

GYou felt sorry, so ID felt a wrath come

EmHad a nice grip on my Clife untill you twisted my Darm

my arm

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