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Tortured Soul

Intro: A (with a bass and melody riff that goes 
a g e a e g g e a)

E A
You don't have to buy into this
E A
You don't kave to to pay that kind of price
E D
You can easily get rid of this
Bm E
You can be stupid, or you can be wise

You don't have to get out of it
You don't have to sweat blood
You don't have to live like a turtle in a pond
Up to your neck in mud, well

CHORUS

A G F#m E
Whatever's got you crippled with pain
A G F#m E
Whatever's got you buried in a hole
A G F#m E
You don't have to give it no clinical name (2nd time "fancy name")
E D E
You don't have to be a tortured soul
A (same as)
No No No No no tortured soul

You don't have to be stupefied
And crushed underfoot like a slave
You don't have to be riddled with envy
Chasing the illusions you crave

You don't have to feel pressurised
You can just take off the lid
You don't have to be haunted forever
About something you did

CHORUS

The dark demons may taint you
False gods may call out your name
Diseases whores may flaunt themselves in front of you
But that's the oldest game

And all that broken glass that you shit on
All that lead you keep on your roof
That albatross you hang round your neck like an unlucky charm
It all keeps you from the truth

Now, you don't have to buy into this

You don't kave to to pay that kind of price
You don't have to live in self persecution
You can be stupid, or you can be wise

CHORUS

Ends with repeat of last chorus line.


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