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[Verse 1]
Am7                        D
It always shows up at your door
                      Am F   D  Am7
When  you least expect it to
Am7
Old  wounds from your youth
D7                  Am     F     
Reintroduce themselves to you
D Gm

      Gm             F         
Well, do your best impression of 
      C
yourself
  Gm           F              C
A  watered down version of the way 
it felt
      Gm           G           Em
To  be unrecognized, 
       F         F
misunderstood, and spelled out
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F        F
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[Verse 2]
Am7                         D    
The camera’s always on the wrong 
             Am7   F  A D
side of the glass
Am7              D7              
Is there ever a flattering angle 
       Am     D
of the facts?
     Gm              F         
Well, do your best impression of 
   C
yourself
  Gm           F
A  box within a box in a storage 
cell
          Gm                F  
Those who tell you what you are, 
          C
poke an insect in a jar
    G                     Bb
And put it on your name tag
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F         F     Bb
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[Refrain]
Cm          F            Ab
How does it look when it dries in 
pen
        Cm            F          
On your eyes, on your heart, on your
Ab
 emptiness?
          Cm          F           
Well, you can’t be surprised by 
          Ab
what you’ve come to expect
  Cm              F           
I hope you find a weakness that 
        Ab
you’re stronger than
  Cm              F           
I hope you find a weakness that 
        Ab
you’re stronger than


[Verse 3]
Am7                 D7           
You’ve got a case of winter that 
              F    C  F  D
no one’s ever seen
Am            D                   
Is that a new bandage on your 
 F    D
knees?
    Gm      F                 C
Did anybody ask you what was wrong
            Gm           F
Or did they stare at you strange
F                          F
When you asked where you belonged?
    Gm                F           
You know you can't defeat it, so 
   C         F
you run out to greet it
                   G          Bb
But it looks like a stop sign
F                   Bb
In plain letters
         F
In plain letters


[Refrain]
Cm          F           Ab
How does it look when it dries it in
 pen
        Cm            F           
On your eyes, on your heart, on 
  Ab
your emptiness?
          Cm          F           
Well, you can’t be surprised by 
          Ab
what you’ve come expect
  Cm              F           
I hope you find a weakness that 
         Ab
you’re stronger than
  Fm                           
I hope you find a weakness that 
        Ab
you’re stronger than
  Cm              F             
I hope you find a weakness that 
Ab                      Bb   Gm
yoouurree ... stronger than
Bb   Dm    Gm
Stroooonger than

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Bb Dm Gm7  Bb Dm G7

[Verse 4]
          Bb        Dm           
It’s an illiterate feeling and a 
Gm
slow healing
Bb          Dm           Gm
Your world spins like a planet on 
your ceiling
      Bb            Dm          
And I wish it was enough to 
Gm        F
convince you of yourself
       Gm        Bb    F Bb
But it can’t be said in  plain 
            F
letters
F       Ab
In plain letters
F      Ab
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