Justified Black Eye

[Em]  [C]  [G]  [D]

[Em]She was confused [C]and abused in thi[G]s life             [D]
Emo[Em]tional and violent mom[C]ents
[G]Seemed to take the longest tim[D]e
[Em]Every single knockou[C]t dragout fight they ever [G]had.                  [D]
[Em]He starts to laugh he starts to [C]lie with suddenly psycho[G]tic eyes.            [D]

[C]Every night she cried hersel[D]f to sleep she didn't re[Em]cognize             [Bm]
[C]Her own face in the mirror bla[D]ck & blue                [Em]                             [D]
[C]So afraid intimida[D]tion like a child[Em] she hides away     [Bm]
He would always t[C]ry to justify what wa[D]sn't true                    [Em]                               [C]                                     [G]                                           [D]
Justified black eye      [Em]           [C]               [G]                   [D]

[Em]Taken for gran[C]ted she sleeps by [G]the phone           [D]
[Em]Waiting for a call f[C]rom him it seems he's n[G]ever coming home,            [D]
[Em]14 beers lat[C]er he is there w[G]ithout an answer        [D]
[Em]Once again she questions[C] his lies he goes to bed with [G]no reply                 [D]

[C]Tomorrow morning different story [D]and he'll be a differ[Em]ent guy,            [Bm]
He'll ju[C]stify her black e[D]ye with another lie.     [Em]                    [D]
She pac[C]ks her bags in great temptation he[D]'s on his knees again he cr[Em]ies                [Bm]
A hu[C]g & a kiss and a don't know why as[D] a tear drops from her swolle[Em]n eye
Apol[Bm]ogies until tonight and another
Justified black eye      [Em]             [C]                  [G]                       [D]
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Justified black eye