[Verse]
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You met a girl with a pentagram tattooed on the front of her neck
And she knew automatically, magically that they were connected until death
A C
And they danced in a room that was void of regret
D G
On a day off just south of Jose
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Too many docile minds not taking their time
C D G
You stay with yours, well I'll be with mine
[Interlude]
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[Verse]
G
The future tells many lies about the past
They drove from Seneca Falls to Wichita on half-a- tank of gas
C
They saw a child asleep in the back of a hearse
G
Not all of life's truths can be contained in verse
D C G
Lalala la la la la la la la la
[Chorus]
C G
My heart is a flame in reverse
C G
It's a blessing and it is a curse
C G Em
Like a child asleep in the back of hearse
C D G
Oh my heart is a flame in reverse
[Instrumental]
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Am A G A G
Bm C Em
F# G D Em
F# G D Em
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[Verse]
G C
You can run from the police but you can't run from yourself
She made a plaster cast of his digital clothing and she placed it on his shelf
F
He sold his collection of Flying Dutchman 45's to an old Boston hippie
C
And then they settled down in a very exclusive trailer park on the west Memphis-side of Mississippi
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And they learn that to live is to suffer and smile
F Em D
And to succeed at anything you must fail
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for a long while
[Bridge]
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Behind the junkyard about a mile down
C
the trail
F
Found a cottonmouth beneath a hubcap
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that was eating its own tail
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So she took out a blade and she cut it in two
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He laughed and said “Tertium Quid” each
C
born anew
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What else could they do
F C
Show me your scars and their meaning
F
Show me your scars and show me your
C
scars
[Interlude]
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[Bridge]
C B Am
She waited for him to fall asleep before
G
she whispered in his ear
C Bm
"It's the wounds of yours I can not see
Am G
that have always meant the most to me"
C G
And as the roads on the maps of their
Am G
souls all became tears
C G Am
She pissed in his boots and then disappeared
F G C
And he loved her all the more for it
F G C
Yeah he loved her all the more for it
[Chorus]
F C
He says my heart is a flame in reverse
F C
Its a blessing and its a curse
F
It's a grundle fly field advantage while it’s
C Am
only getting worse
F G C
My heart is a flame in reverse
F G C
My heart is a flame in reverse
F G C
My heart is a flame in reverse
F G C
My heart is a flame in reverse
[Outro]
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