Don't Damn Me
Guns N' Roses
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Key: (chord shapes in the key of D)
[Intro 2x] F#m E A F#m A E E|------------------------------- B|------------------------------- G|------------------------------- D|----11-11---------------9--9--- A|----9--9---7-----9---6--7--7--- E|--0----------9-9---9----------- E|---------------------------------- B|---------------------------------- G|---------------------------------- D|----------------2------6\4----9--- A|------7-7--4----0---0--4\2----7--- E|9-7-7-5-5--2--4-------------0----- --------| --------| --------| 11------| 9-------| --------| Verso E|-------------------------------- B|-------------------------------- G|-------------------------------- D|------6\4----------------------- A|---0--4\2--2-2-2-4------6------- E|-----------0-0-0-2---2------2--- E|---------------------------------- B|---------------------------------- G|---------------------------------- D|------------2------6\4--------3/4- A|4-----------0---0--4\2---2-2------ E|----2---4----------------0-0------ E|---------| B|---------| G|---------| D|-----x-4-| A|---------| E|---------|F#m Don't damn meE A When I speak a piece of my mindF#m 'Cause silence isn't goldenA E When I'm holding it insideF#m 'Cause I've been where I have beenE A And I've seen what I have seenF#m I put the pen to the paperA E F#m 'Cause it's all a part of meF#m A Be it a song or a casualE conversationF#m To hold my tongue speaksA E Of quiet reservationsF#m Your words once heardA E They can place you in a factionF#m My words may disturbA E But at least there's reaction(F#m E A F#m A E)2xF#m Sometimes I wanna killA E Sometimes I wanna dieF#m Sometimes I wanna destroyA E Sometimes I wanna cryF#m Sometimes I could get evenA E Sometimes I could give upF#m Sometimes I could giveA E Sometimes I never give a fuckF#m A D It's only for a whileA D I hope you undersdtandB E I never wanted this to happenB E Didn't want to be a manA D So I hid inside my worldA D I took what I could findB E I cried when I was lonelyC# I feel down when I was blindF#m E But don't damn me when I speakA A piece of my mindF#m 'Cause silence isn't goldenContinues after the adA E When I'm holding it insideF#m 'Cause I've been where I have beenE A And I've seen what I have seenF#m I put the pen to the paperA E F#m 'Cause it's all a part of meF#m A E How can I ever satisfy youF#m A E And how can I ever make you seeF#m A That deep inside we're allE somebodyF#m A And it don't matter who youE wanna beA D A But now I gotta smile I hopeD you comprehendB E For this man can stay it happenedB 'Cause this child has beenE condemnedA D So I stepped into your worldA D I kicked you in the mindB E And I'm the only witnessE C#m To the nature of my crimeF#m But look at what we've doneE A To the innocent and youngF#m Whoa listen to who's talkin'A E 'Cause we're not the only onesF#m The trash collected by the eyesE A And dumped into the brainF#m Said it tears into our consciuos thoughtsA E You tell me who's to blameD A I know you don't wanna hear meE cryin'D A And I know you don't wanna hearE me denyD A That your satisfaction lies inE your illusionsD A But your delusions are yoursE and not mineD A We take for granted we know theE whole storyD We judge a book by it's coverA And read what we wantE (F#m E A Between selected linesF#m A E)2xF#m Don't hail meE And don't idolize the inkA F#m Or I've failed in my attentionsA E Can you find the missin' linkF#m E Your only validation is inA living your own lifeF#m A Vicarious existence is aE fucking waste of timeF#m A So I send this song to theE offendedF#m I said what I meant and I'veA E never pretendedF#m A As so many others do intendingE just to pleaseF#m If I damned your point of viewA E Could you turn the other cheek(F#m E A F#m A E)2x (D A F#m)3x D E C# E C# F#mF#m Don't damn meE A When I speak a piece of my mindF#m 'Cause silence it's not goldenA E When I'm holding it insideF#m I've been where I have beenE A And I've seen what I have seenF#m Put the pen to the paperA E 'Cause it's all a part of meF#m E Don't damn meA F#m A I said don't damn meE F#m E I said don't hail meA F#m A E F#m E C# Don't damn meF#m C# D# E B A EF#m All right that's stopped! 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