Deep Dark Basement
AJJ
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Tom: C
Am
X02210
G 320003
C
X32010
F
X33211
Em 022000
Am7
X02213
G * 320010
G ** (2x)
Intro: Am , G , C , F
Am G C F
I recall that deep dark basement
Am G C F
And I recall how bad it smelled
Am G C F
And I hated everyone around me
Am G C F
I even hated myself
Em
Which I still do
Em Am Am7
C G *
On my bad days
F (e|3/5-5/8-8-\3)
Am Am7
C G *
F (e|3/5-5/8-8-\3)
Am G C F
You punched my mother in the mouth
Am G C F
We fled to shelter safe and pure
Am G C F
But now I never feel at home
Am G C F
And I will never be secure
F
G **
Oh to be secure
e|5-3-3-3
B |3-3-5-3
G |4-4-4-4
D |X-X-X-X
A |5-5-5-5
Am Am7
C G *
F (e|3/5-5/8-8-\3)
Am Am7
C G *
F (e|3/5-5/8-8-\3)
| Am G C F |
|Ah ha ha ha| (2x)
Am G C F
And when you pushed my face in shit
Am G C F
How could that have made you feel
Am G C F
Like a man or like a monster
Am G C F
It’s your fault that I can’t tell
G **
The difference
e|5-3-5-3
B |3-3-3-3
G |4-4-4-4
D |X-X-X-X
A |5-5-5-5
| Am Am7 C G * |
| | (2x)
|F e|3/5-5/8-8-\3|
Am Am7
C G *
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