Katie Melua – Perfect Circle (Guitar)

Am                    C
1. A mask is easily placed,

G                          F
on a betrayed and broken face.

Dm                       Am                          G
A disguise to hide the past, when you mapped out my skin

F
and made the memories last.

          Am               C
2. Some things are never erased,

            G                  F
and I have run when I've been chased,

Dm                         Am
by recollections of you and me,

                  G             F
falling off our homemade castle.

C                           E                 Am           F
And even when I'm walking straight, I always end up in a perfect circle,

       C                     E        Am                 F
oh, I try, but I just can't wait, to break out of this perfect circle.

       G                F            Dm                G
'Cos giving into old temptation, is like that common twitch,

          G                F                                           C
oh, the silly, stupid realisation, the more you scratch, the more you itch.

               Am               C
3. Why am I fighting, what's it for ?

              G                F
Must let my mask drop to the floor.

     Dm               Am
My scars I shouldn't hide

           G                    F
from the people who are on my side,

      Am                      C
4. Rolling up my sleeves to fight against,

          G                               F
all the things I locked up and all the things I fenced.

          Dm            Am
but it's time to let it out,

                    G                F
so we can build a brand new castle.

      D                      F#                Bm          G
And even when I'm walking straight, I always end up in a perfect circle,

       D                     F#       Bm                 G
oh, I try, but I just can't wait, to break out of this perfect circle.

       A                G            Em                 A
'Cos giving into old temptation, is like that common twitch,

          A               G                                             D
oh, the silly, stupid realisation, the more you scratch, the more you itch.

                 Dm                  Dm ~~
+ The more you scratch the more you itch.