Steve Lacy – Helmet (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
Cmaj7            Dbm/Fb
Oh-oh, I′d been consumed

             D
I'm not for sale, man, what the hell?

            Cmaj7
I been with you

                    Dbm/Fb         D   D7
And this ain′t gon' last me forever
[Pre-chorus 1]
              Cmaj7               Dbm/Fb
All that I can be is me and all me

              D
Time to get out, I don't want you around

              Cmaj7        Dbm/Fb
All that I can see is you without me

               D            D7
No, I can′t scold you, however
[Chorus]
N.C.       Cmaj7
I tried to play pretend (oh-oh, yeah)

Dbm/Fb
Try not to see the end (ah-ah)

        D
But I couldn′t see you the way you saw me

 D7
Now I can feel the waste on me

Cmaj7                 Dbm/Fb
I tried my best to be worth all your while

 D                        D7                     Cmaj7
You just gotta let me go as I'm tryna let go of you

[Post-chorus]
Cmaj7             Dbm/Fb
Sho-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo (uh)

        D               D7
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
[Verse 2]
N.C. Cmaj7          Dbm/Fb
Ooh, I′ll be there soon

           D                   D7
I'm kinda sad, what should I do? (What should I do?)

                Cmaj7
Guess, I′ll move on

             Dbm/Fb        D
Love won't harass me forever
[Pre-chorus 2]
            Cmaj7            Dbm/Fb
All that I could be is me and all me

                D
All that nostalgia, been up on a downer

                   Cmaj7                     Dbm/Fb
I can′t make your eyes see, gon' be what it's gon′ be

                       D         D7
Don′t come back around me, no, never
[Verse-B]
Cmaj7                        Dbm/Fb
You were so automatic, so you know I had to have it

     D                        D7
But lovin' you was a hazard, so I got my heart a helmet
[Chorus]
Cmaj7                 Dbm/Fb
I tried my best to be worth all your while

D                           D7                 N.C.
You just gotta let me go as I′m tryna let go of you, oh
[Outro] N.C. Let me (let me), allow me to let go of you, ooh N.C. Oh-oh, let me, let me go