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Kelly Willis   They're Blind  wwritten by Paul Westerberg
Mark Spencer      acoustic guitar
Chuck Prophet     guitar
Michael Been      bass
Larry Aberman     drums
Michael Ramos     organ
EThe demands made G#mupon you are hAard to live Bup to
EIt's futile to G#mtry and dAenyB  
EAnd the things you hold G#mdearly
Are Ascoffed at and Byearly
EJudged once and G#mthen tossed F#maside'B  
Cause they're Ablind
They F#mhold you too close to the Alight
F#mAnd I see what they only Emight
If they'd lG#mearn
but they're F#mletting you Bburn
Cause they're bElindG#m  A  B  
ETo the brown-eyed G#mbeholder
See the chAip on your Bshoulder
EThe fools don't G#mwant to AbelievBe
that you're so Ehard to G#mtalk to
And so Aeasy to rBead through
EAnd nobody G#mlooks past your F#msleeveB  
Cause they're bAlind
F#mThey hold you too close to the Alight
F#mAnd I see what they only Emight if they lG#mearn
but they're Aletting you Bburn
Cause they're EblindG#m  A  B  
AThey only like what they can see
And what they don't, they just don't agree
EIf you'll run to me, run, E7run
F#mOnly like a day with him
Just one day with him
DThen you'll run back
BThen you'll run back Eblind
SOLO
AAn old man said to me
Go  and take it easy now
EYou'll run to me, run, E7run
F#mOnly like a day with him
Just one day with him
DThen you'll run back
BThen you'll run back EblinG#md
F#mThey hold you too Bclose to the liEghtG#m  
F#mAnd I see what Bthey only miEght if they leaG#mrn
but they're Aletting you Bburn
Cause they're EblindG#m  
Aletting you Bburn
Cause they're EblinG#mdA  B  E  
From Kelly Willis "What I Deserve"
RYKO Records 1999
         ASCAP      ASCAP
WB Music /Nah Music

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Theyre Blind

by Kelly Willis

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G#m

F#m

Kelly Willis They're Blind wwritten by Paul Westerberg

Mark Spencer acoustic guitar

Chuck Prophet guitar

Michael Been bass

Larry Aberman drums

Michael Ramos organ

E G#m A B

The demands made upon you are hard to live up to

E G#m A B

It's futile to try and deny

E G#m

And the things you hold dearly

A B

Are scoffed at and yearly

E G#m F#m B

Judged once and then tossed aside'

Cause they're blind

F#m A

They hold you too close to the light

F#m E

And I see what they only might

G#m

If they'd learn

F#m B

but they're letting you burn

E G#m A B

Cause they're blind

E G#m

To the brown-eyed beholder

A B

See the chip on your shoulder

E G#m A B

The fools don't want to believe

E G#m

that you're so hard to talk to

A B

And so easy to read through

E G#m F#m B

And nobody looks past your sleeve

Cause they're blind

F#m A

They hold you too close to the light

F#m E G#m

And I see what they only might if they learn

A B

but they're letting you burn

E G#m A B

Cause they're blind

They only like what they can see

And what they don't, they just don't agree

E E7

If you'll run to me, run, run

F#m

Only like a day with him

Just one day with him

Then you'll run back

B E

Then you'll run back blind

SOLO

An old man said to me

Go and take it easy now

E E7

You'll run to me, run, run

F#m

Only like a day with him

Just one day with him

Then you'll run back

B E G#m

Then you'll run back blind

F#m B E G#m

They hold you too close to the light

F#m B E G#m

And I see what they only might if they learn

A B

but they're letting you burn

E G#m

Cause they're blind

A B

letting you burn

E G#m A B E

Cause they're blind

From Kelly Willis "What I Deserve"

RYKO Records 1999

ASCAP ASCAP

WB Music /Nah Music

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