Okay, so first, the guitar is pretty quiet on this track so let me know if you have any corrections.
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Am Em
Am Em Am
I found a small red boy inside my tummy
C Em Am
With three dollars in change and a milky way light
C Em Am
In my occasional pursuit to find something more meaningful
F G
And yet another word that rhymes with die
Am Em Am
I cut him out and put him on my table
F G Am
His shallow breathing chest would fall and rise
C Em Am
His 'South of Heaven' shirt was way too big for him
F
His horns were long and sharp
G
And then he opened up those eyes that said
C Am Em
"I am, I am, I am, I am the truth."
Am Em (You'll want to slowly build up the volume of your strum with each chord.)
Am Em Am
I showered him with love and adulation
C Em Am
One day he was just as tall as me
C Em Am
I showed him all the books that I was raised on
F G
Your Madeleine L'Engle and D'Aulaires' Mythologies
Am Em Am
And in a montage that could warm the heart of Hitler,
C Em Am
I raised him up so proud and motherly
C Em Am
I swore that I was glancing in a mirror
F G
When in the language that I taught him, oh god, he began to speak, he said
C Am Em
I am, I am, I am, I am the truth
C Am Em
I am, I am, I am, I am the truth
Am Em
Am
And his eyes became a beacon
G Em F
An LCD projector broadcasting all my memories in a clear and vivid picture
F
His tongue became a staircase
G
His uvula the knocker
Em F
Of an ornate wooden door that led me straight into my future
F Em
His throat became a hallway with a thousand baby pictures
G F
And I became forgiveness I transformed into the closure that I lost
F G
When I learned about the tragedy of all of us
Em F
I lost it when I learned about the tragedy of all of us
F G
Incorrigible illness in the loved ones in and out of us
Em F
I lost it when I learned about the tragedy of all of us
F G
I walked through the hallways to a room of only mirrors
Em F
Reflecting me in bondage so I watched myself get freer
F
I let my horns grow longer
G
I observed my skin get redder
Am
My soul became a hammer
C
I started to feel better
F
My hatred to turned to pity
G
My resentment blossomed flowers
C
My bitter tasting candy
Am
My misery was power
F
The truth in me grew brighter
G
My nature and my nurture
C
No more shame
G
No more fear
Am
No more dread
F G Am
I am, I am, I am, I am the truth.
