Rocky Votolato - Secrets of a salesman

^GThese baby secrets have ^Emgrown into children through ^Cdirty adolescence and ^Dnow into manhood ^AmI locked the basement^C door, broke off the skeleton key^{D G}but it made no difference ^Emstill they travel with me ^Ceven though I killed them t^Dhey'll haunt me and they'll help me ^Amremember the lies in the ^Cshadows, practiced ^Dcharades my ^Amhands are an ^Caxe chopping at the ^Droots of the ^Amonly family ^Ctree that could ever bear ^Dfruit to ^Amcripple you to ^Cmake sure that you ^Emnever repro^Dduce another ^Amheart of lies, a ^Chouse of haunted ^Drooms the ^Carrow is ^Dthrown in^Emto your ^Dback nothing has ^Cever been so ^Amdistan^Ct and ^Bmweak^{D C}dreaded ^Dwords whispered ^Emunder her ^Dbreath "^Cyour just like your father" and your ^Docean ^Emis a drop of ^Dwat^Emer your ^Docean ^Emis a drop of ^Dwat^Emer ^G

^Gtightly woven wire mesh ^Embeneath the broken s^Calesman as he's rolling ^Ddown the conveyer belt the ^Amproduct is almost ^Cready to be shipped out the ^Ddoor ^Gout into the world ^Emto make a living ^Cselling plastic faces to ^Deveryone who needs em ^Amto forget the lies in the ^Cshadows, the practiced ^Dcharades the ^Amenemy will ^Cmake sure the ties on ^Dstraight cause it's ^Amalways best to ^Cmake an impression of ^Dwealth no ^Ammatter how much ^Chatred and debt is ^Emboiling beneath the ^Dsurface &quo^Amt;I love you" sp^Cills like vomit^D from her lips the ^Carrow is ^Dthrown in^Emto your ^Dback nothing has ^Cever been so ^Amdistan^Ct and ^Bmweak^{D C}dreaded ^Dwords whispered ^Emunder her ^Dbreath "^Cyour just like your father" and your ^Docean ^Emis a drop of ^Dwat^Emer your ^Docean ^Emis a drop of ^Dwat^Emer ^{G G}water^{Em C D}

^AmI locked the basement ^Cdoor, broke off the skeleton ^Dkey ^Gwater^{Em C D Am}forget the lies in the ^Cshadows, don't forget ^Dme