Tuning: E A D G B E

A#m7b5 variation: 5 | | | | O | ----------- 6 | | O O | | ----------- 7 | | | | | | ----------- 8 | | | | | | A6/9: X O O 1 | | | | | | ----------- 2 | | | | O | ----------- 3 | | | | | | ----------- 4 | | O O | | Eadd4: (In this version he doesn't play either E string too often!) O O O O 1 | | | O | | ----------- 2 | | O | | | ----------- 3 | | | | | | ----------- 4 | | | | | | [Verse 1]

^Eadd4 I am an architect, they call me a butcher ^Eadd4 I am a pioneer, they call me primitive ^Eadd4 I am purity, they call me perverted ^Eadd4 Holding you but I only miss these things when they leave

[Pre-chorus]

^D I am idiot drug hive, the virgin, the ^A#m7b5tattered ^A6/9and the ^Eadd4torn ^A#m7b5 ^A6/9 ^Eadd4 ^D Life is for the cold made warm and the^A#m7b5y are ju^A6/9st lizar^Eadd4ds ^A#m7b5 ^A6/9 ^Eadd4 ^D Self-disgust is self-obsession honey a^A#m7b5nd I do a^A6/9s I plea^Eadd4se ^A#m7b5 ^A6/9 ^Eadd4 ^D A morality obedient, ^Eonly to the cleansed repented

[Chorus]

^A I am stronger than Mensa, Miller and ^GMail^F#mer I ^Espat out ^D5Plath ^Db5and ^BmPinter ^E ^A I am all the things that you regret A truth that ^Gwas^F#mhes ^Ethat learnt^D5 how^Db5 to ^Bmspell ^E

[Verse 2]

^Eadd11 The first time you see yourself naked you cry ^Eadd11 Soft skin now acne, foul breath, so broken ^Eadd11 He loves me truly this mute solitude I'm draining ^Eadd11 I know I believe in nothing but it is my nothing

[Pre-chorus]

^D Sleep can't hide the thoughts splitting ^A#m7b5through my ^A6/9mind ^Eadd4 ^A#m7b5 ^A6/9 ^Eadd4 ^D Shadows aren't clean, false mirrors too many ^A#m7b5people ^A6/9awake ^Eadd4 ^A#m7b5 ^A6/9 ^Eadd4 ^D If you stand up like a nail then you will be ^A#m7b5knocked^A6/9 down ^Eadd4 ^A#m7b5 ^A6/9 ^Eadd4 ^D I've been too honest with myself I should have ^Elied like everybody else

[Chorus]

[Coda]

^Eadd11 So damn easy to cave in, man kills everything ^Eadd11 So damn easy to cave in, man kills everything

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