Graceful Concession

Am, Dm, G,


Am              Dm             G            Am
Your talent outshines all that I could ever do or say
          Dm               G
and me and my jealousy, I stole your songs and passed them off as my own
Am       Dm                G            Am
As much as I would like for it not to show
Dm                                    G
you can smell the stink on my breath and in my clothes, it's so obvious


F                  C               Am
oh if I could only be half the things you write about in your songs
F                 C   Am
if I could only mean half as much to anyone


            Dm            G             Am
and in my arrogance I write pages of anger hate and spite
Dm                            G
all of the reasons I have to trust... absolutely no one
Am   Dm                    G              Am
today I heard you on my stereo and it shamed me,
                    Dm                   G
yes it shamed me to think that I could be so unoriginal


F                 C               Am
oh if I could only be half the genius that you are
F               C                  Am    E   C      Dm
to feel such honest want, to show looooooooooooooooooove
G
I would show you love
                Am     E    C      Dm
I would show you looooooooooooooooooove
G
I would show you love


F                     C                     Am
oh if I could only feel half as resolute in my beliefs,
F           C                 Am
if I could only sing with such bravery
F          C                 Am     C      E
I can not explain how much you mean to me
F             C                Am
without your words, I would be lost...