Chords for Wheatus - The Truth I Tell Myself

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[F#] You don't have to tell me [B] that I'm stubborn, [C#] cause I'm not, [C#m] and I know cause it runs [D] in
my family [A] and skips [B] every other [E] _ generation. _ _ _ _ _
[A] You don't have to [B] save my soul, [F#] or make [E] me feel [D] like I'm in control, [A] it's not worth the
double [D] scotch whiskey that you'd [E] have to buy me.
_ _ _ You [D] look [G#m] like [A] you're surprised, like when will [D] I get wise, [C#] but [G#] I'll just [A] try the [B] same
it [D] ends up.
You tried, [E] and I think I know why.
[A] There's no _ [E] connection _ [C#m] to what I want, [F#m] and [E] what [D] is good for _ me. _ _
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[E] The [A] truths I tell [F#m] myself not [D] to believe. _ _ _ _ _
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[A] Yeah I know I could have [B] been something, _ [F#m] but I'm not, [C#m] and I know that it's [D] somebody else's
fault, [A] just like every other [E] thing that's ever happened to me. _ _ _
[A] Yeah I could have been [E] like the king, _
[F#m] like [E] someone [D] who could really say [A] it.
Folks lined [D] up around the corner just so they [E] could come and hear me. _ _ _
[F#] Oh [G#] there I [A] go again, _ them [B] devils [D] love their sin, _
[C#] but they [G#m] can't [A] end what I do [D] not begin.
So I'm [E] safe where I've been.
[A] There's no _ _ connection [C#m] between what I want, [F#m] and [E] what _
[D] is good for _ me. _ _
[C#] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _
[E] The [A] truths I [F#m] tell myself not [D] to _ believe. _ _ _ _
[A] There's no [E] connection _ [C#m] between where I am, [F#m] and [E] where [D] I'm supposed to _ _ _ be.
[C#] _ [Bm] The _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _
[E] _ [A] truths I [F#m] tell myself not [D] to _ believe. _ _ _ _
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ Oh yeah, I don't think that I'm [E] expecting you to stay, [F#m] cause you won't, [C#m] and I know,
cause I've [D] seen it a million times, [A] _ charming self [E]-destructive disposition of mine. _ _
[A] Yeah, _ happy [E] endings are for fools, [F#m] who [E] feel like [D] they will never lose.
[A] _ Folks, who [D] think there's a God out [E] there that's gonna save them. _ _ _
[G#] _ _ [D#] _ [A] Surround my friend, _ _ and [B] then we can [D] start again, _
[C#] just like [D#] we did [A] when [Bm] we were [D] who we
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[E] Have we come that _ far?
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[C#m] _ [B] _ We're only [F#m] _ _
[E] living for the [A] eyes, _ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _
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[A] _ _ _ _ [E] and we can't even see [C#m] the light.
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