====== My Good Deed ======

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(Played without capo, though it sounds nice with the capo on the fourth fret and chords relative)

[G] [Bm] [Em] 

[G]I tried to save a girl I truly [Bm]loved and didn't quite know how to[Em] help her.
So now she's [G]sleeping as her parents up a[Bm]bove cry over things that they can't [Em]tell her.
And [Am]when I did my good deed I thought I'd [D]feel unbroken [Em]gladness,
but [Am]standing in the street alone I [D]just felt sinking s[Em]adness. [B7]

>Girl, your [C]dad will not us [G]bless, so hang up [Bm]your veil and d[Em]ress.
>Look at [C]me and take one gue[G]ss where the [D]best-intentioned [D7]love will lead us.

[G]I once felt a feeling fully [Bm]through, though I knew I shouldn't [Em]feel it,
because to [G]act on it I'd be a person[Bm] who should be slapped into a [Em]straitjacket.
So [Am]every time it comes around I [D]just let it die [Em]inside me.
You said, [Am]"I only come around because I [D]just need you to hide [Em]me," [B7]

>so we [C]knelt in those dead [G]weeds, sticks and sharp [Bm]rocks cutting into our [Em]knees.
>And I [C]thought that we would [G]freeze, but there was [D]just too much warm [D7]blood in our bodies.

[G]I'm not going to make you take the [Bm]pills, though you should really think [Em]about it.
[G]The fire by which we both were almost [Bm]killed glowed so beautiful, don't [Em]doubt it
but [Am]we have to make a choice now; [D]can we glow without [Em]it? [B7]

>There's a [C]space I tried to [G]fill, but I'm [Bm]seeing now I never [Em]will.
>You fly [C]around while I stand [G]still, until I [D]slowly just get [D7]smaller and smaller.

[G]I tried to save a girl I truly [Bm]loved, and I never would [Em]desert her.
When [G]we both found out that I was dreaming [Bm]of the day I thoroughly could [Em]hurt her.
And I [Am]saw myself inside her eyes; this [D]shrinking would-be [Em]savior
[Am]resented her for never needing [D]me and I couldn't wait just to [Em]betray her. [B7]

>So we [C]drove back to her [G]place from the [Bm]temporary home that we had [Em]made,
>and I [C]stepped back into the [G]street,
>feeling the [D]fullest moment of my [D7]life slowly shrink away
>from [G]me.

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