Misc Musicals – Parade - Its Hard To Speak My Heart (Guitar)

E                      C
It's hard to speak my heart.

                    E
I'm not a man who bares his soul.

                   A
I let the moment pass me by –

F#m                A
I stay where I am in control.

              C#m
I hide behind my work,

B                         A
Safe and sure of what to say:

                       F#m
I know I must seem hard,

E                       A
I know I must seem: cold.

E                     C
I never touched that girl –

                      E
You think I'd hurt a child, yes?

                     A
I'd hardly seen her face before –

F#m                      A
I swear - I swore we'd barely met.

                 C#m       B
These people try to scare you

                        A
With things I've never said.

                F#m       E
I know it makes no sense.

                      A     C
I swear I don't know why:

                 A                          C
You see me as I am - You can't believe I'd lie –

                   E
You can't believe I'd do these deeds –

              A
A little man who's scared and blind,

F#m                    A
Too lost to find the words he needs.

                 F#m
I never touched that child –

E                         A
God - I never raised my hand!

                    F#m    E
I stand before you now:

             A
Incredibly afraid.

               E
I pray you understand.