Suzanne Vega – Penitent (Guitar)

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Once I stood alone so proud held myself above the crowd

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now i am low on the ground.

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From here i look around to see what avenues belong to me

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I can't tell what ive found.

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Now what would You have me do

Am  G     F
i ask you please?

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I wait to hear.

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The mother, and the matador, the mystic, all were here before,

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like me, to stare You down.

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You appear without a face, disappear, but leave your trace,

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i feel your unseen frown.

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Now what would you have me do

Am  G     F
I ask you please?

Am  G     Em
i wait to hear

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your voice,

    F
the word,

    G
you say

   Em     C   
i wait to see your sign

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would i 

Em
obey?

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I look for you in heathered moor, the desert, and the ocean floor

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how low does one heart go.

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looking for your fingerprints i find them in coincidence,

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and make my faith to grow.

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Forgive me all my blindnesses my weakness and unkindnesses

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as yet unbending still.

Am
struggling so hard to see my fist against eternity

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and will you break my will?

Am       G          F
Now what would you have me do

Am G      F
i ask you please?

Am G     Em
i wait to hear

     C
your voice,

    F
the word

    G
you say

  Em      C   
i wait to see your sign 

 G   F      G
could i 

Em
obey?