Missy
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"Missy" - Phantom Limb - The Pines - 2012
Transcribed by wranglingoutlaw
capo 2
Intro - | / / G Em | D |
G Bm
You can see it, She was lonely and it hurt enough to kill
D Em
That hearts been broken too many times for real
G Bm
Careless with Her kindness but a mean old wife
D Em
So many tears were shed over many men or a lie
G D
Did You see old Missy?
G D
Living Her life in vain
Am G
Too hard to be loving
G Em D
Too easy to hide away
G Bm
Wanted to talk to Missy just to try to lift Her up
D Em
But desperation and anger like the wings of a duck
G Bm
Seemed to carry Her in the moment farther away
D Em
From those who try to love Her to the ones who make Her pay
G D
Did you see old Missy?
G D
Living Her life in vain
Am G
Too hard to be Loving
G Em D
Too easy to hide away
G Bm
You could see it behind the eyes but She tried Her best to hide
D Em
That hearts been broken too many times to try
G Bm
Careless with Her kindness,She was a superficial girl
D Em
Always rolling with the in crowd as the bad times unfurl
G D
Did you see old Missy?
G D
Living Her life in vain
Am G
Too hard to be loving
G Em D
Too easy to hide away
solo |*C/G Em | Am | (* = 2 count)
|*C/G Em | Am |
| C/G Em Am Am | D | D |
G Bm
Every cupboard full of liquor but She struggled with the rent
D Em
There's no one to blame,drink half the money spent
G Bm
She got a daughter just turning 30,She never could reconcile
D Em
They found Her in that coach house,She'd been gone for awhile
G D
Did you see old Missy?
G D
Living Her life in vain
Am G
Too hard to be loving
G Em D
Too easy to hide away
G D
Just walking by that coach house
G D
Couldn't watch Her waste away
Am G
Too hard to love Her
G Em D
Too easy just to walk away
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