WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Rocky Votolato - Secrets Of A Salesman Chords | Ver. 1
secrets of a salesman (better transcription)
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G Em
These baby secrets have grown into children
C D
through dirty adolescence and now into manhood
Am C D
I locked the basement door, broke off the skeleton key
G Em
but it made no difference still they travel with me
C D
even though I killed them they'll haunt me and they'll help me
Am C D
remember the lies in the shadows, practiced charades
Am C D
my hands are an axe chopping at the roots
Am C D
of the only family tree that could ever bear fruit
Am C Em D
to cripple you to make sure that you never reproduce
Am C D
another heart of lies, a house of haunted rooms
C D Em D C
the arrow is thrown into your back nothing has ever been
Am C Bm D
so distant and weak
C D Em D C
dreaded words whispered under her breath "your just like your father"
D Em D Em D Em D Em G
and your ocean is a drop of water your ocean is a drop of water
G Em
tightly woven wire mesh beneath the broken
C D
salesman as he's rolling down the conveyer belt
Am C D
the product is almost ready to be shipped out the door
G Em
out into the world to make a living
C D
selling plastic faces to everyone who needs em
Am C D
to forget the lies in the shadows, the practiced charades
Am C D
the enemy will make sure the ties on straight
Am C D
cause it's always best to make an impression of wealth
Am C Em D
no matter how much hatred and debt is boiling beneath the surface
Am C D
"I love you" spills like vomit from her lips
C D Em D C
the arrow is thrown into your back nothing has ever been
Am C Bm D
so distant and weak
C D Em D C
dreaded words whispered under her breath "your just like your father"
D Em D Em D Em D Em G
and your ocean is a drop of water your ocean is a drop of water
G Em C D
water
Am C D
I locked the basement door, broke off the skeleton key
G Em C D
water
Am C D
forget the lies in the shadows, don't forget me