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Eminor

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Intro:  Em-  D-  C-  B(2x)
Verse:
I Emfeel your Deyes crawling Cover meB  
EmAs though I Dam something mCore than meB  
But EmI don't Dhave anytChing good enough to Bsay
EmI did not Dmake myself Cthis waBy
Pre-Chorus:
CI'll show you Bmwhat he did
           C         Bm(G)
But I won't take the credit
CIt's not mine Bmanyway
CI just held the Bmpen that day
Chorus:
And I don't Emdeserve this
This time rCight now
It's not Gsomething for which I can take the Dbow
And I don't Emdeserve this
It wasCn't me
I can't take Gglory for something that I can't Dbe
                  Em-  D-  C- B  
I don't deserve this
 Em-  D-  C- B  
I Emknow what Dperfection iCs likeB  
EmAnd I cannot Dstand before itCs mightB  
And EmI'm so Dfar from what you Cthink that I must Bbe
EmI just drown Dmyself in meCrcyB  
(Pre-Chorus, Chorus)
Bridge:
EmAnd all the Dart that I Csupposedly cBreate
EmIs simply a Dfaded reflecCtion of somBething he's already made
(Chorus)

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Penholder

by Flyleaf

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Em D C B

Intro: - - - (2x)

Verse:

Em D C B

I feel your eyes crawling over me

Em D C B

As though I am something more than me

Em D C B

But I don't have anything good enough to say

Em D C B

I did not make myself this way

Pre-Chorus:

C Bm

I'll show you what he did

C Bm G

()

But I won't take the credit

C Bm

It's not mine anyway

C Bm

I just held the pen that day

Chorus:

And I don't deserve this

This time right now

G D

It's not something for which I can take the bow

And I don't deserve this

It wasn't me

G D

I can't take glory for something that I can't be

Em D C B

- - -

I don't deserve this

Em D C B

- - -

Em D C B

I know what perfection is like

Em D C B

And I cannot stand before its might

Em D C B

And I'm so far from what you think that I must be

Em D C B

I just drown myself in mercy

(Pre-Chorus, Chorus)

Bridge:

Em D C B

And all the art that I supposedly create

Em D C B

Is simply a faded reflection of something he's already made

(Chorus)

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