Dont Damn Me

[Intro]
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Yeah, yeah,  yeah, yay,         oh

[Chorus]
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Don't damn me when I speak a piece of mind
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'Cause silence isn't golden when I'm holding it inside
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'Cause I've been where I have been and I've seen what I
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have seen
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I put the pen to the paper 'cause it's all a part of me

[Verse 1]
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Be it a song or a casual conversation
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To hold my tongue speaks of quiet reservations
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Your words, once heard,
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they can place you in a  faction
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My words may disturb,
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but at least there's a  reaction

[Re-Intro]
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   Oh    yeah, oh, oh yeah

[Verse 2]
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         Sometimes I wanna kill,
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sometimes I wanna die
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Sometimes I wanna destroy,
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sometimes I wanna cry
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Sometimes I could get even,
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sometimes I could give up
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Sometimes I could give,
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sometimes I never give a  fuck

[Pre-Chorus]
     Absus4
It's only for a while,
I hope you understand
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I never wanted this to happen,
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didn't want to be a man
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So I hid inside my world,
I took what I could find
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I cried when I was lonely,
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I fell down when I was blind

[Chorus]
So,
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don't damn me when I speak a piece of mind
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'Cause silence isn't golden when I'm holding it inside
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'Cause I've been where I have been and I've seen what I
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have seen
      Fm      Ab     Fm           Ab         Cm   Bb Eb Fm
I put the pen to the paper 'cause it's all a part of me

[Verse 3]
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How can I ever satisfy you?
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And how can I ever make you see that
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Deep inside, we're all some__body
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And it don't matter who you wanna be?

[Pre-Chorus]
    Absus4
But now   I gotta smile,
I hope you comprehend
For,
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this man   can say it happened 'cause this child has been
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condemned
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So I stepped into your world,
I kicked you in the mind
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And I'm   the only witness to the nature of my crime

[Chorus]
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But look at what we've done to the innocent and young
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Whoa, listen to who's talking 'cause we're not the
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only ones
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The trash collected by the eyes and dumped into the brain
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Said, it tears into our conscious thoughts, you tell me,
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who's to blame?

[Bridge]
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  I know you don't  wanna hear me cryin'
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  And I know you don't  wanna hear me deny
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  That your satisfaction lies in your illusion
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  But your delusions are yours,
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and not mine
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  We take for granted,
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we know the whole story
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We judge a book by its cover and read  what we want
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  Between selected lines

[Re-Intro]
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[Chorus]
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Eb Fm                      Eb          Ab
   Don't hail me and don't idolize the ink
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Or I've failed in my intentions,
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can you find the missing link?
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Your only validation is living your own life
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Vicarious existence is a fucking waste of time

[Verse 4]
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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,
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intending just to please
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If I damned your point of view,
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could you turn the other cheek?

[Solo]
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[Break]
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Cm Bb Eb  Fm Eb Ab Fm Ab Fm Ab
        Oh

[Chorus]
Cm Bb
Eb Fm                   Eb               Ab
   Don't damn me when I speak a piece of mind
       Fm      Ab    Fm          Ab          Cm Bb Eb
'Cause silence isn't golden when I'm holding it inside
            Fm                              Eb
'Cause I've been where I have been and I've seen what I
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have seen
      Fm      Ab     Fm           Ab         Cm   Bb Eb
I put the pen to the paper 'cause it's all a part of me

[Outro]
Fm           Eb
Don't damn me
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  I said, don't damn me
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        I said, don't hail me
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  Ah, don't damn me
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               All right
Smoke them if you're got em
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All right, that sucked