Capo 1 fret

[Intro] (x2)
Em G Em G D
 
[Chorus 1]
 Em                  G
Don't damn me when I speak a piece of mind
        Em                           G          D
'Cause silence isn't golden when I'm holding it inside
            Em
'Cause I've been where I have been
           G
And I've seen what I have seen
          Em                      G                  D Em
I put the pen to the paper 'cause it's all a part of me
 
[Verse 1]
Em             G              D
Be it a song or a casual conversation
  Em                    G         D
To hold my tongue speaks of quiet reservations
     Em                G                      D
Your words, once heard, they can place you in a faction
Em                          G              D
My words may disturb, but at least there's a reaction
 
[Instrumental]
Em D Em G D Em D Em G D
 
[Bridge]
Em
Sometimes I wanna kill
G                 D
Sometimes I wanna die
            Em
Sometimes I wanna destroy
     G            D
Sometimes I wanna cry
     Em
Sometimes I could get even
     G                 D
Sometimes I could give up
    Em
Sometimes I could give
     G                   D
Sometimes I never give a fuck
 
[Pre-Chorus]
       C
It's only for a while
  G             C
I hope you understand
  D
I never wanted this to happen
               D
Didn't want to be a man
     C
So I hid inside my world
   G         C
I took what I could find
           D
I cried when I was lonely
                       B
I fell down when I was blind
 
[Chorus 1]
     Em                          G
Don't damn me when I speak a piece of mind
       Em                           G          D
'Cause silence isn't golden when I'm holding it inside
            Em
'Cause I've been where I have been
   D                      G
And I've seen what I have seen
         Em                            G              D Em
I put the pen to the paper 'cause it's all a part of me
 
[Verse 2]
Em             G              D
How can I ever satisfy you?
Em             G              D
And how can I ever make you see that
Em             G              D
Deep inside, we're all somebody
Em             G              D
And it don't matter who you wanna be?
 
[Pre-Chorus]
           C
But now I gotta smile
             C
I hope you comprehend
           D
For, this man can say it happened
           D
'Cause this child has been condemned
   G     C
So I stepped into your world
  G     C
I kicked you in the mind
          D                                B
And I'm the only witness to the nature of my crime
 
[Chorus 2]
Em
But look at what we've done
       D            G
To the innocent and young
Em
Whoa, listen to who's talking
       G                  D
'Cause we're not the only ones
Em
The trash collected by the eyes
D                   G
And dumped into the brain
        Em
Said, it tears into our conscious thoughts
G                     D
You tell me, who's to blame?
 
[Bridge]
C                G              D
I know you don't wanna hear me cryin'
C                G              D
And I know you don't wanna hear me deny
C                G                  D
That your satisfaction lies in your illusion
C                G                   D
But your delusions are yours, and not mine
C                G                     D
We take for granted we know the whole story
           C                          G
We judge a book by its cover and read what we want
D                      Em D Em G D  Em D Em G D
Between selected lines
 
[Chorus 3]
Em                      G
Don't hail me and don't idolize the ink
        Em
Or I've failed in my intentions
G                D
Can you find the missing link?
Em                       G
Your only validation is living your own life
Em                      G                D
Vicarious existence is a fucking waste of time
 
[Verse 3]
Em             G              D
So I send this song to the offended
Em             G              D
I said what I meant and I've never pretended
Em             G              D
As so many others do, intending just to please
   Em
If I damned your point of view
      G                  D
Could you turn the other cheek?
 
[Chorus 1]
     Em                          G
Don't damn me when I speak a piece of mind
       Em                           G          D
'Cause silence isn't golden when I'm holding it inside
            Em
'Cause I've been where I have been
               G
And I've seen what I have seen
         Em                      G                  D Em
I put the pen to the paper 'cause it's all a part of me
Em            G        Em           G
Don't damn me ,I said, don't damn me
      Em                           G
I said, don't hail me ,Don't damn me