Secrets Of A Salesman

[G]These baby secrets have [Em]grown into children
through [C]dirty adolescence and [D]now into manhood
[Am]I locked the basement[C] door, broke off the skeleton key[D]
[G]but it made no difference [Em]still they travel with me
[C]even though I killed them t[D]hey'll haunt me and they'll help me
[Am]remember the lies in the [C]shadows, practiced [D]charades
my [Am]hands are an [C]axe chopping at the [D]roots
of the [Am]only family [C]tree that could ever bear [D]fruit
to [Am]cripple you to [C]make sure that you [Em]never repro[D]duce
another [Am]heart of lies, a [C]house of haunted [D]rooms
the [C]arrow is [D]thrown in[Em]to your [D]back nothing has [C]ever been
so [Am]distan[C]t and [Bm]weak[D]
[C]dreaded [D]words whispered [Em]under her [D]breath "your [C]just like your father"
and your [D]ocean [Em]is a drop of [D]wat[Em]er your [D]ocean [Em]is a drop of [D]wat[Em]er   [G]

[G]tightly woven wire mesh [Em]beneath the broken
s[C]alesman as he's rolling [D]down the conveyer belt
the [Am]product is almost [C]ready to be shipped out the [D]door
[G]out into the world [Em]to make a living
[C]selling plastic faces to [D]everyone who needs em
[Am]to forget the lies in the [C]shadows, the practiced [D]charades
the [Am]enemy will [C]make sure the ties on [D]straight
cause it's [Am]always best to [C]make an impression of [D]wealth
no [Am]matter how much [C]hatred and debt is [Em]boiling beneath the [D]surface
"I l[Am]ove you" spills like [C]vomit from her [D]lips
the [C]arrow is [D]thrown in[Em]to your [D]back nothing has [C]ever been
so [Am]distan[C]t and [Bm]weak[D]
[C]dreaded [D]words whispered [Em]under her [D]breath "your [C]just like your father"
and your [D]ocean [Em]is a drop of [D]wat[Em]er your [D]ocean [Em]is a drop of [D]wat[Em]er   [G]
[G]water[Em]      [C]          [D]

[Am]I locked the basement [C]door, broke off the skeleton [D]key
[G]water[Em]      [C]          [D]
[Am]forget the lies in the [C]shadows, don't forget [D]me