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[Verse 1]
     C
Your Brother cornered me last night, at AJ's hanger
          Dm
He had the look in his eyes of a stranger
        Em
Then he reached for his blade, told me to say your name
      Dm
And everything went black

       C
I woke up with his knife, in my left hand
       Dm
He was staring at the ceiling like what I might've
             Em
I grabbed his wallet and your mother's ring
    Dm
And left out the back


[Bridge]

          F
Then your father showed up, to my house
       G                  G#dim
With a car full of friends
         Am
I hopped 16 fences, crossed the river
          G
Trying to get away from them


       F
Then I made it to my brother's, stayed the night
         G               G#dim
And took a plane to Berlin
           Am
I spent the whole damn flight, staring out the window
    G
And writing to you on this napkin

[Chorus]

          C
You can't beg forgiveness, from men like that
           Dm
No they've bent their hearts too far
          Em                         Dm
They dont understand, this thing of ours


[Instrumental]

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[Verse 2]
     C
When they found Johnny, I wasn't surprised
                Dm
They pulled him out of the river, tongue there between his eyes
           Em                                     Dm
But it was news to me, when they found his sister too.
    C                                 Dm
The RCMP started hanging around, they didn't say much but I heard it loud
    Em                               Dm
And now I know, that what I heard was true


[ Bridge]
     F
Well some men think they're above the bible
G                                G#dim
Some men think they're above the law
Am                                         G
Some men just aren't born with anything to lose


           F
But baby if I die, then I'd be nothing,
         G                                 G#dim
and if I ain't anything then I ain't worth lovin
Am                                      G
Baby I'm afraid of death because I love you


[Chorus]
               C
Oooohhhhhh the night I met you
                             Dm
I crossed my stars, you were driving your daddy's car
               Em                     Dm
They dont understand, this thing of ours


          C
You can't beg forgiveness, from men like that
        Dm
No they bent their hearts too far
               Em                   Dm
They dont understand, this thing of ours


[Verse]
           C
When I was younger, I lived on the corner
        Dm
Above a general store, with my mother
    Em                                   Dm
Her boyfriend used to beat her black and blue
        C                                     Dm
I spent many a night, in my bedroom, thinking of him

And what I'd do
       Em                                               Dm
Till I met your brother, and he taught me that I didn't have to


[Bridge]
            F
We took him out in the woods past highway 15
       G                                      G#dim
And we worked on his face till he couldn't be seen
             Am                                          G
We left him, naked, bloody, and shivering in the morning dew


    F
And my poor mother, who's sick in the head
     G                                G#dim
Your brother stood by me, next to her bed
       Am                                     G
And he told me that we killed him, because we had to


[Chorus]
          C
You can't beg forgiveness, from men like that
           Dm
No they've bent their hearts too far
             Em                     Dm
They dont understand, this thing of ours


               C
Oooohhhhhh the night I met you, I crossed my stars
         Dm
You were driving your daddy's car
               Em                   Dm
They dont understand, this thing of ours


[Outro]
              Em                    Dm
They dont understand, this thing of ours
              Em                    Dm
They dont understand, this thing of ours
              C    Dm   Em   Dm
This thing of ours

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| g   Grace note
| (n) Ghost note
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| r   Release
| >   Accented note
| t   Tapping
| b   Bend
| br  Bend release
| pb  Pre-bend
| pbr Pre-bend release
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| ~   Vibrato
| s   Slap
| P   Pop
| PM  Palm mute
| TR  Trill
| N   Tremolo