The Convert

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G
I forgot I was

C
loving

G
you,

Em
disappeared for an

C
hour or

D
two.

And I

G
came to on a

C
cold wood

G
floor and

Em
didn’t feel so

C
good any

D
more.

Now we

G
clasp our

D
hands and we

C
make de

G
mands at the

Em
clouds (are saying “what’s

C
wrong with you

D
now?”).

Though we

G
had big

D
plans, now a

C
lone we

G
stand in the

Em
crowd and they’re not even

C
laughing out

D
loud;

they don’t

Em
care.

C

D

I’ll shut my eyes and let T.V. whisper, laugh and talk to me,

and I’ll curl up tight inside my head, killing time until the whole day’s dead.

And I’ll clasp my hands and I’ll make demands at the clouds (are asking “what’s wrong with him now?”).

Though I had big plans, now alone I stand in the crowd and they’re not even laughing out loud;

they don’t care.

God,

Am
take that

G
sound awa

D
y.

Em
If you’ve got something to

C
say, say it

D
now.

It’s a

Am
fake, and I

G
need you not to be

D
fake,

and I don’t

Am
care how you make me

C
feel, just so you’re

D
re-

C
al.

Once I saw my face in a bathroom mirror, and I didn’t know that I was here,

but I knew my eyes an I knew my hands; I knew God would now listen to all my demands.

And the sky opened up and God interrupted the earth (stopped dying and stopped giving birth).

And when I came to on a cold wood floor, I didn’t feel so good anymore.

And though

G
all that sure

D
love and

C
all those sweet

G
words I’d for

Em
gotten I’d felt and for

C
gotten I’d

D
heard —

and what

G
once was

D
clear is

C
now so

G
blurred and

Em
smeared - Your love felt more

C
pure,

Em
your love felt more

C
pure once You’re

D
voice disap

G
peared.

D C G Em Em C D

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