Keep Me in the Open [Album Version] Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[B][E][B]
[E][B][E][B]
[E][B]
[G]
[C][G][C][G]
I don't know [C]if I blame you for

[Verse 1]
being so dis[G]tant
But I'm tryna be real with you, and God,
[C]it's been a hell of [G]a week
And I just wanna [C]relate to you in a true [G]way
If it means being here with you, [Am]then hey,

[Interlude 1]
I am trying to be
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[G]
I'll always struggle [C]to think of you in a harsh

[Verse 2]
[G]
way
I know that it's weird but I still [C]see
you for the [G]hu man beneath
I wish that I was in love [C]with
your endless bull[G]shit
But I'm a "heart in the gutter" type,
[Am]asleep on [G]a stranger's knee
I'm getting used to the [C]sleepless
hours [G]from sundown
The terrible dreams that lead me
[C]inward to terrible [G]truths
But in my blood,
some [C]electric [G]holy yearning
Carries an impulse to get shit-
[Am]faced on [G]on you

[Verse 3]
[G]Tell me how I [C]can do this thing
[G]Tell me how I can help this
thing go easily
'Cause [C]I'm trying, [G]honeybee
Tell me how I [C]can beat this thing
Tell me how I [G]can make this
beast die easily
Goddamn [Am]it,
hon[G]eybee

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 4]
And [G]get a load of [C]the kid
in the Gang Green [G]t-shirt
They They were the gateway band,
[C]a pastor and the teach[G]er to me
I used to wanna [C]be real with
the things they [G]believed in
But since we've been talking,
I'm not sure [Am]if I believe [G]anything
Take a look at [C]the girl with
the long range [G]rifle
The one with the crew cut,
she [C]reminds me of a version [G]of you
Laying low in [C]a field some
place [G]in Mosul
Wholly emulsified by fear
[Am]and aversion [G]to truth
When did everything [C]get this weird?
[G]How the fuck did it start?
Did you ever [C]be lieve in me?
[G]Was it always so hard?

[Verse 5]
[G]Tell me how I [C]can do this thing
Tell me how I [G]can help this
thing go easily
'Cause I'm [Am]trying, hon[G]eybee

[Verse 6]
The line is [G]close,
[C]the wait is hardly [G]normal
So just be [C]real in any way
[G]you can be
The heart is closed,
[C]but keep me in [G]the open
'Cause I [Am]deserve [G]better than this
The line is close, [C]the wait is hardly [G]normal
So just be [C]real in any
way [G]you can be
The heart is closed,
[C]but keep me in [G]the open
'Cause I de[Am]serve better [G]than this
Yeah, [C]I deserve better t[G]han this
And [C]I deserve bett[G]er than this
'Cause [C]I deserve bett[G]er than this
And I de[C]serve better [G]than this
'Cause [C]I deserve b[G]etter than

[Outro 1]
this
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