The Wonder Years - Devil In My Bloodstream

the devil in my bloodstream
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D Bm
we wiped out all the buffalo around the turn of the last century
G A
and so it’s factories and sawgrass , wheat fields and asphalt laid in front of me
D Bm
the midwest feels like a hollow place that we filled with love and industry
G
and we’re staring at the frozen ground in goodwill suits
A
silent as the pastor reads the eulogy
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well i , i wanted to see just a little bit of everything
A
let me be
D G Bm A
two blackbirds on a highway sign are laughing at me at four in the morning
D G
they played the war drum out of time
Bm A
so i’m not sure where i’ve been marching
Bm D G
i want to be strong , but it’s not easy anymore
D A G
i’m hoping i’m wrong
D Bm
it’s sixteen hours straight to home from the heart of north missouri
G
and so i search through my great – grandpa’s memoirs
A
for the devil in my bloodstream
D Bm
depression grabbed his throat and choked the life out of him slowly
G
i got the same blood coursing through my veins
A
it’ll come for me eventually

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i bet i’d be a fxxking coward
Bm
i bet i’d never have the guts for war
G
cause i can’t spend another month away from here
A
these frantic rest stop phone calls don’t get answered anymore
G A Bm A G
but i , i wanted to know if i could please come home
A
so let me know
[ chorus ]
D A G
i know how it feels to be at war with a world that never loved me
D A G
i know how it feels to be at war with a world that never loved me

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