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Play Dead

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+Play Dead+
BmDarling stop confAusing me
With your wEishful thinkingBm  
Hopeful embracesA  
Don't you uEnderstand? 
BmI have to go through thisA  
I belong to here Ewhere  
No-one cares and no-one Bmloves 
No light no air to live iAn
A place called hEate 
The city of fBmeeeeeaaaar A  E  
BmI play dead 
AIt stops the hEurting
BmI play dead 
AAnd the hEurting stops
BmIt's sometimes just like sleeping A  
Curling up insiEde my private tBmortures
I nestle into paaaaaiiAn
EHug suffering 
Caress every BmacheA  E  
BmI play dead A  E  
BmI play dead A  E  
BmI play deAeeeEeead Bm  

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Play Dead

by The Rasmus

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

+Play Dead+

Bm A

Darling stop confusing me

E Bm

With your wishful thinking

Hopeful embraces

Don't you understand?

Bm A

I have to go through this

I belong to here where

No-one cares and no-one loves

No light no air to live in

A place called hate

Bm A E

The city of feeeeeaaaar

I play dead

A E

It stops the hurting

I play dead

A E

And the hurting stops

Bm A

It's sometimes just like sleeping

E Bm

Curling up inside my private tortures

I nestle into paaaaaiin

Hug suffering

Bm A E

Caress every ache

Bm A E

I play dead

Bm A E

I play dead

Bm A E Bm

I play deeeeeead

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