Innocence Maintained Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

 Ophelia droDwned in the water

 Crushed by Dher own weight

 Hitler loved liCttle blue-eyed boys

 And it droCve him to hate

 Birds always grow siDlent before the night descends

 ?Cause Dnature has a funny way of breaking what does nGot bend

Verse 2

 A hero's toDrso built of steel and Novocain

 His heart a bDitter beat inside a bloodless frame

 There was a hole iCnside his soul a manicure couldD not fill

 So he found Dhimself a whore to love

 While daises choked in the wiGndow sill

Chorus

 We've mDade houses for hCatred

 It's tiGme we made a place

 Where peoDple's sCouls may be seeGn and made safe

 Be cDareful with eaCch other, thGese fragile flames

 For iDnnocence cCan't be lost, it just nDeeds to Cbe maiGntained

Verse 3

A small town in Ohio

Two boys are filled with violence

And darkness spreads its legs for hate and ignorance

We are given to a god to put our faith therein

But to be forgiven, we must first believe in sin

Chorus

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Verse 4

I want to live bravely and love without fear

I want to always feel the wings of grace near

We all will be Christed when we hear ourselves say

We are that to which we pray

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