At lines in verses with chord pattern: "Am E Am E7" play E7 only for last 2 beats (half the strumming pattern)
So that the line goes like: (one chord is half the beat)
Am Am E E Am Am Am E7
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
[Intro]
N.C.
Am Am Am E
[Verse]
Am E Am E7
I found a small red boy inside my tummy
C G C
With three dollars in change and a Milky Way Lite
E Am
In my occasional pursuit to find something more meaningful
F G
Than yet another word that rhymes with die
Am E Am E7
I cut him out and put him on my table
C G C
His shallow breathing chest would fall and rise
E Am
His 'South of Heaven' shirt was way too big for him
F G
His horns were long and sharp and then he opened up those eyes that said
C G Am Am
"I am, I am, I am, I am the truth."
[Interlude]
Am E7
[Verse]
Am E Am E7
I showered him with love and adulation
C G C
One day he was just as tall as me
E Am
I showed him all the books that I was raised on
F G
Your Madeleine L'Engle and D'Aulaires' Mythologies
Am E Am E7
And in a montage that could warm the heart of Hitler
C G C
I raised him up so proud and motherly
E 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 G Am
"I am, I am, I am, I am the truth"
C G Am Am
"I am, I am, I am, I am the truth"
[Interlude]
Am E7
[Bridge]
F G
And his eyes became a beacon, an LCD projector
E F
Broadcasting all my memories in a clear and vivid picture
F G
His tongue became a staircase, his uvula -- the knocker
E F
Of an ornate wooden door that led me straight into my future
F G
His throat became a hallway with a thousand baby pictures
E 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
E F
I lost it when I learned about the tragedy of all of us
F G
Incorrigible illness in the loved ones hiddenn out of us
E 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
E 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 E
My bitter tasting candy
Am G
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 C
I am, I am, I am, I am the truth.
