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 [Intro (simple, ain't it?)]
   Esus4
 [Verses]
   AMy doctor told me that it was time for me to have my  EX ray.
   Well, take my fingers, what to fingers really mean to me?
   [Instrumental 3d verse]
   F#mOf course, I had many night Amares   Esus4about the fatal day.
   Oh, you can easily look     them up in the dictionary.
   [Instrumental 3d verse]
   AThe room was dark and my skeleton was floating on the        Ewall.
   They call them digits or techically they're known as the pha langes.
   [Instrumental 3d verse]
   DMy voice      Gtrembles down in Aside me.
   My joints con nected up in     side me,
   My, my the    future lay be    fore me.
   DI'm trapped Gway down in my Abody.G  D  
   way down    deep inside my body.
   Hey hey,    deep inside my body.
 [Chorus]
   GI, I, I, Aoh here I stand be Dfore me, but
   Asomething's out of Dplace here.
   GMy mind's eye is Amissing from my Dbody.
   GWell, I know it's there, Abut I can't see where.D  
 [First time through, play G and goto second verse.  Second time through,
  play Bm -> B and then this bridge]
   EMy bones shine brightly, a Amap of my whole Bbody.
   EMy vital organs just Achurn away in Bside me.  Some-
   Eday Bthey're going to stop this motion, Eand I'll be left with
 [Then play B, D and goto the instrumental third verse.]

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Here I Stand Before Me

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Esus4

F#m

[Intro (simple, ain't it?)]

Esus4

[Verses]

A E

My doctor told me that it was time for me to have my X ray.

Well, take my fingers, what to fingers really mean to me?

[Instrumental 3d verse]

F#m A Esus4

Of course, I had many night mares about the fatal day.

Oh, you can easily look them up in the dictionary.

[Instrumental 3d verse]

A E

The room was dark and my skeleton was floating on the wall.

They call them digits or techically they're known as the pha langes.

[Instrumental 3d verse]

D G A

My voice trembles down in side me.

My joints con nected up in side me,

My, my the future lay be fore me.

D G A G D

I'm trapped way down in my body.

way down deep inside my body.

Hey hey, deep inside my body.

[Chorus]

G A D

I, I, I, oh here I stand be fore me, but

A D

something's out of place here.

G A D

My mind's eye is missing from my body.

G A D

Well, I know it's there, but I can't see where.

[First time through, play G and goto second verse. Second time through,

play Bm -> B and then this bridge]

E A B

My bones shine brightly, a map of my whole body.

E A B

My vital organs just churn away in side me. Some-

E B E

day they're going to stop this motion, and I'll be left with

[Then play B, D and goto the instrumental third verse.]

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