Red Ropes

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[Verse 1]
 F                          Dm
You said you'd show me the ropes
                      Bb
As you tied me to the tracks
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Didn't help to struggle
                  F
Lies were good as facts

[Verse 2]
For years and years
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You swore up and down you were over it
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Your eyes had seen the kingdom
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A born again misfit, born again misfit

[Pre-Hook]
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Unravelling up time these truths
F
Tracing all the writer's roots
Bb
Red rope binds and fast embrace
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Some knots don't untie
Gm                  A
Some knots do not untie

[Hook]
Dm                               Bb
Pray for forgiveness, cry for reprieve
              Gm
Because these ties that bind
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Don't come undone as fast as you'd believe
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But for a new heart; it breaks but does not bleed
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The red ropes are a viper's nest
Bb       A     Dm
You can never leave

[Verse 3]
F                       Dm
Heaven hollowed out its veins
                  Bb
And fixed a hollow man
                       Dm
You found a cure for a pain
                 Bb
You swore you'd never hurt again

[Verse 4]
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I'll always be a prized fighter
                    Bb
Even up against the ropes
                      Dm
You will always be a liar
                     Bb
Punchdrunk on busted hopes

[Hook]
Dm                               Bb
Pray for forgiveness, cry for reprieve
              Gm
Because these ties that bind
       Am             Bb
Don't come undone as fast as you'd believe
           Dm                               Bb
But for a new heart; it breaks but does not bleed
   Gm               Am
The red ropes are a viper's nest
Bb       A     Dm
You can never leave

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till fade