{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":637601,"song":"Past Like A Mask","artist":"Rodney Crowell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11575787-past-like-a-mask-chords-by-rodney-crowell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/637601?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Intro:  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]G#[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]G#[/ch]  [ch]C#[/ch] \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]            [ch]G#[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]             [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nI was told to be a man was build defences strong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]              [ch]C#[/ch]               [ch]F#[/ch]                  [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nKeep your woman in her place and she’ll keep hangin’ on[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F#[/ch]            [ch]Fm[/ch]                      [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nNow I’ve grown to realise my life’s been filled with lies[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                [ch]F#[/ch]             [ch]D#m[/ch]           [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nA tread I’ve been hangin’ on has broken in her eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F#[/ch]                [ch]Fm[/ch]             [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nIf I could let my heart be known in spite walls so high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                  [ch]F#[/ch]                     [ch]D#m[/ch]             [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nI might taste those bitter tears that I’ve never learned to cry[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus #1:\r\n[tab]               [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch]         [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nBut I’ve got a pa-ast like a mask[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]C#[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]C#[/ch]  \r\nAnd I can see it in her face, the many years I can’t erase[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]C#[/ch]               [ch]F#[/ch]              [ch]G#[/ch]  \r\nA broken heart I can’t replace in spite of what I try [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch]         [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nBut I’ve got a pa-ast like a mask[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#[/ch]             [ch]G#[/ch]           [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nAnd I sure took my time to understand[/tab]\r\n\r\nWhen I was young, not long ago, I hid my feelings well\r\nSometimes I let my heartaches show but I could never tell\r\nAnd now I find I’ve been blind, insensitive and vain\r\nCause someone told me long ago “ignore a woman’s pain”\r\nIf I could change the fool I’ve been, I know just what’d do \r\nI’d give her everything I can and make all her dreams come true\r\n\r\nChorus #2:\r\nBut I’ve got a past like a mask\r\nAnd I can see it in her eyes, the lonely nights, the endless lies\r\nThe countless time I made her cry when she was by my side\r\nAnd I’ve got a past like a mask\r\nAnd I sure took my time to understand\r\n\r\nChorus #1\r","plain_text":"Intro:  F#  G#  F#  G#  C# \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus #1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen I was young, not long ago, I hid my feelings well\nSometimes I let my heartaches show but I could never tell\nAnd now I find I’ve been blind, insensitive and vain\nCause someone told me long ago “ignore a woman’s pain”\nIf I could change the fool I’ve been, I know just what’d do \nI’d give her everything I can and make all her dreams come true\n\nChorus #2:\nBut I’ve got a past like a mask\nAnd I can see it in her eyes, the lonely nights, the endless lies\nThe countless time I made her cry when she was by my side\nAnd I’ve got a past like a mask\nAnd I sure took my time to understand\n\nChorus #1","chords":["F#","G#","C#","Fm","D#m","A","Bbm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]}}}