The Ballad Of Dr Jekyll
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
D
Is it worth all the ringing?
Is it worth all the pain?
Is it worth the pretending,
the fear, the disdain?
F
Is it worth the shift in countenance
just to live how I'd like?
G
Is it worth the split in conscience
A
just to sate what's inside?
D
Is it really still working,
this thin, weak facade?
Can I really still maintain
my emotional guard?
G
My costume is tearing
A
My patience is wearing
F#
My ears begin to bleed
Bm A
as I feel the monster staring
G
And the fear contorts ‘to anger
A
as I begin to see red
F#
And the anger grows remorseful
Bm A
as I return, retiring to bed
G A Bm A D
This sad, seeping tragedy inside my head
D
And there's so much to see here,
so much more to do
Yet I can't help but relinquish
control off to you
F
Perhaps our God in Heaven,
thought to be kind and just
G
Isn't quite as forgiving
A
as we once thought he was
D
This vile ebullition
of liquor, tincture and salt
Seems to be my seldom let
from this hellish assault
G
You sit there and tempt me
A
Overgrowing with envy
F#
Like a jealous, callous moss,
Bm A
determined to drain me till I'm empty
G
And I know I shouldn't feed you
A
But somehow I feel the need to
F#
Like a deviant or a drunkard condemned
Bm A
by oaths they cannot see through
G A Bm A D F#
And lo, here I stand, half a man
G# * G *
N.C.
So if you can,
Cm
please take this phial from my hand
G
Before I change my mind
G# Eb
and let the freak upon this land
Cm
I've tried this before,
to keep a lock upon this door
G
But every night I sleep myself,
G# Eb
I awake as him once more
G#
I've lied and I've bargained
Bb
To keep these shackles hardened
G
But the creature lain in wait
Cm Bb
will never cease his barrage
G#
And I've begun to grow short
Bb
in both temperance and stores since
G
My salt I so rely on
Cm Bb
Seems to be tainted and impure
G# Bb
So I laugh at the irony
G Cm
And I know there's one single,
Bb
lonesome cure
G# Bb
But if it takes Mr. Hyde with me
Cm Bb Eb
Then I'm glad to hang
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