Intro Riff:
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B|---8/10---10----10-8-------------------| x 2
G|---------------------9-----------------|

Am                         F               C
 Don't blame the doctor for giving me those pills,
Am                        F                      C
 Don't blame my mother for holding my hand up the hill,
Am                       F                          C
 Don't blame my childhood friends for speaking their minds,
Am                     F                  C
 I'll take it all, yeah I'll take it all I will.

 [Chorus]
            Am
If I was to fight would you fight against me,
            C
If I was to run would you run with me,
            F
If I was to die would you bury me deep,
             C
Say you would please,
                Am
And if I was to scream would you hear what I said,
            C
If I was to drown would you hold my head,
               F
Underneath the memories of what I meant,
               C
And not what I did.

 [Verse 2]
Am                          F           C
I built a house so tall and I burned it down,
Am                           F                     C
I was looking for culture to find what was already found,
Am                      F            C
But don't blame America, blame it on me,
Am                               F                   C
I'm worried that the sins of the father will trickle down.

 [Chorus]
            Am
If I was to fight would you fight against me,
            C
If I was to run would you run with me,
            F
If I was to die would you bury me deep,
             C
Say you would please,
                Am
And if I was to scream would you hear what I said,
            C
If I was to drown would you hold my head,
               F
Underneath the memories of what I meant,
               C
And not what I did.

Riff:
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B|---8/10---10----10-8-------------------|
G|---------------------9-----------------|

 [Verse 3]
Am                           F                C
So don't blame the money for telling me those lies,
Am                       F           C
Don't say my lord was up there being unkind,
Am                         F                       C
'Cause if justice is a trick you know we all could hide,
Am                     F                     C
I'll take it all, yeah I'll take it all this time.

 [Chorus]
            Am
If I was to fight would you fight against me,
            C
If I was to run would you run with me,
            F
If I was to die would you bury me deep,
             C
Say you would please,
                Am
And if I was to scream would you hear what I said,
            C
If I was to drown would you hold my head,
               F
Underneath the memories of what I meant,
               C
And not what I did.