The Throes

Intro: C Em Am G

1.
C                              
'Well I don't know if I can take 
           Em
this anymore'
she's thinkin' as he shoves her 
            Am
'gainst the wall
Screamin'. 'Well than what good are 
     G
you for,
you don't give me no pleasure at 
 C
all.'
                          Em
'Oh now I know I need to leave'
                      Am
so she tells herself again,
wipes a little blood upon her 
 G
sleeve,

but she don't tell herself when.
     F             C            
And baby starts a cryin', daddy 
Am         G
sits back down,
C              G              
sinks another drink to bring his 
    Am     G
temper down.
         C                       
And his image there reflectin' on 
     G
the TV screen,
F                C           
reminds her of a better day she 
    Am             G
thought she'd seen.

Refrain:
         C                G
But now take your time before you 
grieve,
F                        C
and keep your heart hid off your 
sleeve,
F                       C
cause ain't no one but you deceived,
Am                G
your sympathy is soon to leave.
         C                 G
And now hide your mouth before you 
speak,
F                   C
or better yet just turn a cheek
F                      C
I watch your interest growin' weak,
F                      C
but still you say that I'm the freak
       Em           G        C
and I guess that's fine with me.

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Bridge: C Em Am G

2.
C                                  
But he's probably had a long, long 
Em
day,
she's thinkin' in the kitchen while 
     Am
she weeps,
                            G
puttin' dinner's leftovers away
as he stumbles off to bed and then 
    C
to sleep.
Surely he'll be better come the 
 Em
dawn,
when I rise to cook him breakfast 
          Am
'fore he goes,
wakes without a word and then he's 
 G
gone,
he's got that kind of love that 
       C
never shows.
     F             C           
And baby starts a wailin', daddy 
   Am         G
comes back down,
C              G           Am   
'Shut up that child', she hears 
     G
him shout,
     C                             
and cradled in her arms she tries 
   G
to calm the sound,
F             C                  
'How am I to sleep', he screams 
    Am         G
and slaps her down.

Refrain:
         C                G
But now take your time before you 
grieve,
F                        C
and keep your heart hid off your 
sleeve,
F                       C
cause ain't no one but you deceived,
Am                G
your sympathy is soon to leave.
         C                 G
And now hide your mouth before you 
speak,
F                   C
or better yet just turn a cheek
F                      C
I watch your interest growin' weak,
F                      C
but still you say that I'm the freak
       Em           G        C
and I guess that's fine with me.

Bridge: C Em Am G

3.
C                                 
And when she wakes her head don't 
          Em
cease to pain,
body's broken and her clothes are 
      Am
torn away,
still the threat of emptiness 
   G
remains,
s she struggles to her feet to get 
 C
away.
                           Em
'Hell, where has my child gone',
she screams as she runs from room to
  Am
 room.
                               G
Every sound of silence lingers on,

not a single kick inside her womb.
         F               C        
And her mind drowns into shadows, 
      Am         G
mama falls back down,
C                               G
where the walls that shape her 
                Am        G
world seem taller from the ground.
     C                          
And no more breath to scream her 
              G
throat just drifts away,
F                    C           
and no more life to lose as if 
    Am        G
there were to save.


Refrain:
         C                G
But now take your time before you 
grieve,
F                        C
and keep your heart hid off your 
sleeve,
F                       C
cause ain't no one but you deceived,
Am                G
your sympathy is soon to leave.
         C                 G
And now hide your mouth before you 
speak,
F                   C
or better yet just turn a cheek
F                      C
I watch your interest growin' weak,
F                      C
but still you say that I'm the freak
       Em           G        C
and I guess that's fine with me.