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I Was A Prayer

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intro-G,Em,C,G,Em,C,G  
GI am waiting 'til there's nothing left 
I'm a prayer, all you see is breath
I am Emempty, I am sCkin and bones, I'm a Gribcage 
Well, I'm out the door with apathy 
And I'm coming home with sympathy 
I am Emrealize, I am Cshame, I choose to Gstay here 
EmYou got a sign, so CI pay a ransom 
GYou felt sorry, Dso I felt a wrath come 
EmHad a nice grip on my Clife 'til you twisted my arm 
My Darm 
Pre verse-G,Em,C,G,Em,C,G  
GThere's a song I love so much I stole 
Every precious note I took, I sold 
Now I Emspit out words.  Do you Csee my lungs on the dGancefloor?
GTo a hopeless cause, I sold my soul      
A romantic plastic piece of shit you can Emmold 
Until I Cbreak into chokable Gpieces 
EmYou got a sign, so CI pay a ransom
GYou felt sorry, Dso I felt a wrath come
EmHad a nice grip on my Clife 'til you twisted my arm
DMy arm
Solo-G,Em,C,G,Em, C  
EmAnd I open up like the Cback of a book 
GI ruin everything with Djust a quick look
EmI settle down like a Crocket explodes
GHit the ground, but how Dfar out who knows
EmYou got a sign, so CI pay a ransom
GYou felt sorry, so I Dfelt a wrath come
EmHad a nice grip on my Clife untill you twisted my Darm 
my arm 
end on G

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I Was A Prayer

by Alkaline Trio

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G Em C G Em C G

intro-,,,,,,

I am waiting 'til there's nothing left

I'm a prayer, all you see is breath

Em C G

I am empty, I am skin and bones, I'm a ribcage

Well, I'm out the door with apathy

And I'm coming home with sympathy

Em C G

I am realize, I am shame, I choose to stay here

Em C

You got a sign, so I pay a ransom

G D

You felt sorry, so I felt a wrath come

Em C

Had a nice grip on my life 'til you twisted my arm

My arm

G Em C G Em C G

Pre verse-,,,,,,

There's a song I love so much I stole

Every precious note I took, I sold

Em C G

Now I spit out words. Do you see my lungs on the dancefloor?

To a hopeless cause, I sold my soul

A romantic plastic piece of shit you can mold

C G

Until I break into chokable pieces

Em C

You got a sign, so I pay a ransom

G D

You felt sorry, so I felt a wrath come

Em C

Had a nice grip on my life 'til you twisted my arm

My arm

G Em C G Em C

Solo-,,,,,

Em C

And I open up like the back of a book

G D

I ruin everything with just a quick look

Em C

I settle down like a rocket explodes

G D

Hit the ground, but how far out who knows

Em C

You got a sign, so I pay a ransom

G D

You felt sorry, so I felt a wrath come

Em C D

Had a nice grip on my life untill you twisted my arm

my arm

end on G

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