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I Never Told You What I Do For A Living

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[Intro]
B5 E5 G5 F#5
[Verse]
Stay out of the B5light
Or the photoghraph that I E5gave you
You can say a prayer if you G5need to
Or just get in line and I’ll gF#5rieve you
Can I meet you aB5lone
Another night and I’ll E5see you
Another night and I’ll G5be you
Some other way to F#5continue
To F#5hide my face
[Pre-Chorus]
B5Another knife in my hands
E5A stain that never comes off G5the sheets
G5Clean me off
F#5I’m so dirty babe
B5The kind of dirty where the E5water never cleans off the clothes
G5I keep a book of the names and F#5those
[Chorus]
G5Only go F#5so far
Till you B5burC#5y   G5them
So G5deep and D5down we go
[Verse 2]
B5Touched by angels though
E5I fall out of grace
G5I did it all so maybe
F#5I’d live this everyday
[Pre-Chorus]
B5Another knife in my hands
E5A stain that never comes off G5the sheets
G5Clean me off
F#5I’m so dirty babe
B5It ain't the money and it E5sure as hell ain't just for the fame
G5It's for the bodies I claim and lF#5ose
[Chorus]
G5Only go F#5so far
Till you B5burC#5y   G5them
So G5deep and D5down we go
[Interlude]
B5Down……
And down we go…
And down we go…
And down we go…
And we all fall down
I tried… I tried…
And we’ll G5all dance aA5long
To the B5tune A5of your dG5eath
And we’ll lG5ove again
We’ll lA5augh again
And it’s B5better A5off this G5way
[Bridge]
G5We’ll never again,
A5And never again
B5They gave us two shots to the back of the head
A5And we’re aG5ll deA5ad now B5(x2)A5  
G5I tA5rieB5d…G5  A5  B5  
GOne more night, Aone more night
Well I'm B5laughing out, Acrying out, Glaughing out
GI tried Awell I tried B5well I tried
Cuz I’ve G5tried but I lA5ied, I B5lied
G5I tA5rieB5d…   (x4)
And we G5love again
We lA5augh again
We’ll B5cry again
And we’ll A5dance again
And it’s G5better off this way
So much A5better off this way
B5I can’t clean the blood off the sheets in my bed
[Outro]
We’ll G5never again and neA5ver again
They B5gave us two shots to the bA5ack of the head
And we’re G5all dA5ead noB5w

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I Never Told You What I Do For A Living

by My Chemical Romance

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#5

C#5

[Intro]

B5 E5 G5 F#5

[Verse]

Stay out of the light

Or the photoghraph that I gave you

You can say a prayer if you need to

F#5

Or just get in line and I’ll grieve you

Can I meet you alone

Another night and I’ll see you

Another night and I’ll be you

F#5

Some other way to continue

F#5

To hide my face

[Pre-Chorus]

Another knife in my hands

E5 G5

A stain that never comes off the sheets

Clean me off

F#5

I’m so dirty babe

B5 E5

The kind of dirty where the water never cleans off the clothes

G5 F#5

I keep a book of the names and those

[Chorus]

G5 F#5

Only go so far

B5 C#5 G5

Till you bury them

G5 D5

So deep and down we go

[Verse 2]

Touched by angels though

I fall out of grace

I did it all so maybe

F#5

I’d live this everyday

[Pre-Chorus]

Another knife in my hands

E5 G5

A stain that never comes off the sheets

Clean me off

F#5

I’m so dirty babe

B5 E5

It ain't the money and it sure as hell ain't just for the fame

G5 F#5

It's for the bodies I claim and lose

[Chorus]

G5 F#5

Only go so far

B5 C#5 G5

Till you bury them

G5 D5

So deep and down we go

[Interlude]

Down……

And down we go…

And we all fall down

I tried… I tried…

G5 A5

And we’ll all dance along

B5 A5 G5

To the tune of your death

And we’ll love again

We’ll laugh again

B5 A5 G5

And it’s better off this way

[Bridge]

We’ll never again,

And never again

They gave us two shots to the back of the head

A5 G5 A5 B5 A5

And we’re all dead now (x2)

G5 A5 B5 G5 A5 B5

I tried…

G A

One more night, one more night

B5 A G

Well I'm laughing out, crying out, laughing out

G A B5

I tried well I tried well I tried

G5 A5 B5

Cuz I’ve tried but I lied, I lied

G5 A5 B5

I tried… (x4)

And we love again

We laugh again

We’ll cry again

And we’ll dance again

And it’s better off this way

So much better off this way

I can’t clean the blood off the sheets in my bed

[Outro]

G5 A5

We’ll never again and never again

B5 A5

They gave us two shots to the back of the head

G5 A5 B5

And we’re all dead now

About I Never Told You What I Do For A Living Chords by My Chemical Romance

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