Bonnie "Prince" Billy – Sometimes Its Hard To Breathe (Guitar)

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As recorded by Bonnie "Prince" Billy (From the 2025 Album THE PURPLE BIRD) [Intro] D [Verse 1]
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Sometimes it's hard to breathe

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When we do what must be done

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To keep our lives in order

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And to have a little fun

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We've must have love for those against us

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For every man and child

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We can do it, we can make it, for a while
[Verse 2]
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If we can recall that everyone

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Brings her story on her shoulder

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And never means to harm us

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When her shrieks are cold and colder

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Someone made hеr taste his boot

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And wallow in his bile

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We can do it, wе can make it, for a while
[Chorus]
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For a while, can it almost all make sense?

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For a while, can this endless life feel fine?

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Though the constant implied threat of violence

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Eats away at our precious loving time
[Interlude] Em A Em G D [Verse 3]
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Truth forever on the scaffold

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Wrong forever on the throne

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Hope forever as false promise

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Faith forever stands alone

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If in her shoes we'll take that step

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That proverbial hard mile

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We can do it, we can make it, for a while

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We can do it, we can make it, for a while
[Outro] D C D