| Dm | Am | | New blood joins this e | arth |
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| G | Dm | and q | uickly he's sub- | dued. |
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| Am | Through constant pain dis | grace, |
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| G | Dm | the | young boy learns their | rules. |
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| Am | With time the child draws | in |
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| G | Dm | this w | hipping boy done w | rong. |
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| Am | Deprived of all his t | houghts, |
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| G | Dm | the | young man struggles | on and on. He knows, |
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| F | C | oo, a v | ow unto his o | wn |
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| F | C | that n | ever from this d | ay |
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| F | C | A | his w | ill they'll take a - | way. | |
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| | Dm | F | C | | W | hat I've f | elt, what I've k | nown |
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| | Am | Dm | | never s | hined through in what I've s | hown. |
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| | Dm | F | C | | N | ever | be. Never s | ee. |
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| | A | Dm | | Won't s | ee what might have b | een. |
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| | Dm | F | C | | W | hat I've f | elt, what I've k | nown, |
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| | Am | Dm | | never s | hined through in what I've s | hown. |
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| | Dm | F | C | | N | ever f | ree. Never | me. |
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| | A | Dm | | So I | dub the unfor | given. |
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| Dm | Am | T | hey dedicate their l | ives |
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| G | Dm | to r | unning all of | his |
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| Am | He tries to please them | all, |
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| G | Dm | this b | itter man he | is |
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| Am | Throughout the life the s | ame, |
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| G | Dm | he's b | attled constan | tly |
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| Am | This fight he cannot w | in. |
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| G | Dm | A t | ired man they s | ee no longer cares. |
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| F | C | F | C | The o | ld man then p | repares to d | ie regretful | ly |
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| F | C | A | That o | ld man here is | me. | |
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| | Dm | F | C | | W | hat I've f | elt, what I've k | nown |
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| | Am | Dm | | never s | hined through in what I've s | hown. |
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| | Dm | F | C | | N | ever | be. Never s | ee. |
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| | A | Dm | | Won't s | ee what might have b | een. |
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| | Dm | F | C | | W | hat I've f | elt, what I've k | nown, |
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| | Am | Dm | | never s | hined through in what I've s | hown. |
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| | Dm | F | C | | N | ever f | ree. Never | me. |
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| | A | Dm | | So I | dub the unfor | given. |
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