Amanda Palmer – The Fear Song (Guitar)

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[Intro] G5 Dm G5 Dm [Verse 1]
                Dm                       Dm    Dm
I don't want to scare you but we need to talk

          Dm                       Bb             Bb         Bb   Bb
It's only fair that you know a few things about me before we start

                 Badd4         Badd4       Badd4                Badd4  
And if you're determined after learning of this little issue of mine

                  Asus4 Asus4
That you need to go

                 A   A
I won't be surprised

                 Dm                          Dm    Dm
You strike me as someone who's seen quite a lot

          Dm                 Bb             Bb    Bb   Bb
But in my honest opinion I doubt this'll work
like you thought
         Bb                  Badd4         Badd4                Badd4  
There's something specific I need you to do if you're up to the task

                         Badd4  
(Which you don't seem to be from the way that

       Badd4                      Badd4  
You're still staring back with no change of expression)

   Asus4 Asus4               A  A
But hey - you can give it a shot
[Chorus]
  G      G     Dm     Dm
I wish I was I wish I was

  Dm/F  Dm/F    C5     C5
I wish I wish I wish I was

  G      G     Dm     Dm
I wish I was I wish I was

  Dm/F  Dm/F    C5     C5
I wish I was afraid because
[Bridge]
Bb              F
 I've seen how people work

     Gm                     Dm
I've watched them all these years

             Bb          F
They are not driven by ambition

          Gm            C/G
All their motors run on fear

     Bb            F
Each one afraid of aging, dying

Gm            C/G
Being lonely, getting caught

         Bb            F
They're terrified of moving on

     Gm              C/G
But scared of staying here
[Verse 2]
           Dm                       Dm    Dm
I bared my neck to the teeth of a knife

                Dm                       Bb      Bb         Bb   Bb
They've held my head under the water for minutes - I didn't mind

           Badd4         Badd4        Badd4  
I've been blind, bound and tied at the mercy of strangers

     Badd4  
They beat me, whatever

   Asus4             Asus4   A  A
My heart didn't race - I was fine

               Dm                   Dm    Dm
I got them to hang me from terrible heights

      Dm                   Dm                 Bb
They took me to places of poverty, malice, unspeakable

    Bb                    Bb
War - I have seen people die

      Bb                     Badd4                    Badd4  
They left me at night in the heart of the forest, the air full of noises

    Badd4                      Badd4  
The creatures that eat us just feet from my face

         Badd4                   Badd4  
As their wild cries sounded, and darkness surrounded

    Asus4 Asus4              A  A
And still   I did not bat an eye
[Chrous]
  G      G     Dm     Dm
I wish I was I wish I was

  Dm/F  Dm/F    C5     C5
I wish I was afraid because

  G      G     Dm     Dm
I wish I was I wish I was

  Dm/F  Dm/F    C5     C5
Afraid afraid afraid because

  G      G     Dm     Dm
I wish I was I wish because

  Dm/F  Dm/F    C5     C5
I wish I was afraid because

  G      G     Dm     Dm
I wish I was I wish I was

  Dm/F  Dm/F    C5     C5
I wish I was afraid because

  G      G     Dm     Dm
I wish I was I wish I was

  Dm/F  Dm/F    C5     C5
I wish I was afraid because

  G      G     Dm     Dm
I wish I wish I wish because

   D
If you're not scared,

       C
you're not in love