THEY'RE BLIND (Paul Westerberg)
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[Actually in E, so capo 4; or play it in D and put the capo on 2.]
[Each chord is one 6/8 measure or half of a 12/8 measure, depending on
how you look at it.]
C C/E F G
The demands made upon you are hard to live up to
C C/E F G
It's futile to try and deny
C C/E F G
And the things you hold dearly are scoffed at, and yearly
C C/E F G
Judged once and then tossed aside
F F Dm Dm
'Cause they're blind; Yeah, they hold you too close to the
F F Dm Dm
light; And I see what they only
C Em F G
might, if they'd learn, but they're letting you burn
C Em F G
'Cause they're blind
To the brown-eyed beholder, see the chip on your shoulder
The fools that don't want to believe
That you're so hard to talk to and so easy to read through
And nobody looks past your sleeve
'Cause they're blind; Yeah, they hold you too close to the
light; And I see what they only
might, if they'd learn, but they're letting you burn
'Cause they're blind
F F F F
They only like what they can see, and what they don't they just don't agree
C C C C
If you'll run to me, run, run
Dm Dm Dm Dm
Only like a day with him, just one day with him
Bb Bb A A
Then you'll run back, then you'll run back blind
C C/E F G C C/E F G
[guitar solo]
C C/E F G C C/E F G
[guitar solo]
An old man said to me, "go and take it easy now"
You'll run to me, run, run
Only like a day with him, just one day with him
Then you'll run back, then you'll run back
...blind; Yeah, they hold you too close to the light
And I see what they only
might, if they'd learn, but they're letting you burn
C Em F Fm C.
'Cause they're blind
- transcribed by Adam Schneider, http://adamschneider.net/