Chords for Two Gallants - Despite What You've Been Told

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_ _ [C] I guess by the bloodstain of your [D] lips [F] and the wander of your fingertips, [C] I should prove
true to my emptiness [F] and _ stay [C] _
here.
_ I'm just a kid of _ irrepute, [G] with a skin I wear as my only suit, [F] and you, you're just
a substitute for [C] the one that I [G] hold dear.
_ _ [F] _ _ You know [G] you could be _ [C] anyone, _ [G] God forgive my tasteless [F] tongue, I [G] never should have been [C] set free.
I _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ cry [G] my eyes out, skin my face, beg somehow [D] to be _ replaced, that's how [G] we deal with boys [C] like me. _
_ _ _ _ I guess by this world so sick with loss, [F] and your service is so free of cost, [C] I should
climb down off my rugged cross [F] and _ lay [D] with you.
But you know by now it's half past [G] late, and I only came here for escape, [F] but you, you're
just my next _ mistake, [C] _
like [G] me, you.
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You know you [G] could be _ [C] anyone, God [G] forgive your [F] unborn sons, I hope they [G] don't end up [C] like me.
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I drag [G] my mind through streets [C] of shame, blame [G] myself, forgive [F] the game, that's how [G] we deal
with boys [C] like me.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ But beside what you've [C] been told, _ _ [G] I once had [F] a soul, _ left somewhere [C] _ behind, _ [G] _
a former [F] friend of mine.
But I hate to sleep [Am] so free, _ but you mean nothing [G] to me, so if the streetlights they
[F] shine bright, _ [G] _
I'll get home [C] _ tonight.
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_ [D] I guess by the dim light in your eyes, I'm [F] left to you all things, come as a surprise,
[C] I should set this steel trap of your [F] thighs and _ dive right [D] in.
But you, I'm just a [C]
confused [G] child, insecure or in denial, [F] go raise your robes, go have
your [D] trial, I'll let [G] you win.
_ _ [F] _ You know [G] I could be _ [C] anyone, God [G] forgive what I should [F] have done, my thoughts [G] enough to guilty [C] be. _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ Yes [G] I guess I made [C] this bed, but I'll [G] take the sidewalk _ [F] instead, that's how [G] we deal with
boys [C] like me.
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_ But despite what you've been told, _ [G] I once had [F] a soul, _ left somewhere [C] behind, _ _ [G] _ a former
friend [F] of mine.
And I hate to sound so [Am] true, _ but I mean nothing to [G] you, so if the streetlights they [F] shine
bright, _ [G] I'll get home [C] tonight.
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