SHAKE THROUGH TO UGLY
  By Rose Polenzani
  Appears on the album "Anybody" (Daemon Records, 1999)

NOTE: Capo on the 5th fret.

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VERSE ONE (Repeat the two chords below throughout the verse):
Em                 A7sus2  
I was told I was a wise man 
by a woman I deceived.
And her lover thought me handsome; 
He was not to be believed.
If I ever have a baby, 
and I die an early death,
make sure she knows her mother,
word for word and breath for breath.


PRE-CHORUS ONE:
C           D                 Em A7sus2
My life was full of mistakes,

C       D                     Em A7sus2 Em A7sus2 Em A7sus2 (extra measure)
since I pulled up the mandrake.


VERSE TWO (Repeat the two chords below throughout the verse):
Em                 A7sus2  
On the day of my recovery,
we were talking on the phone,
and my voice was full of secrets,
and my jaw was full of stone.
And I made you make the journey,
and I made you make the call,
and I crawled into my bedroom,
too scared to speak at all.


PRE-CHORUS TWO:
C            D              Em  A7sus2
My heart was full of regret

C    D     
as I gathered my debts.


CHORUS ONE:
C    D
Hey, was it the lamb

     C D
that I killed in the summer?

    C         D
The night has hurt me again,

    C    D
and I am bathed in dishonor.

C         D                  Em  A7sus2
Grip this stem of my history

    C       D                     Em A7sus2 Em A7sus2 (extra measure)
and help me shake through to ugly.


VERSE THREE (Repeat the two chords below throughout the verse)::
Em     A7sus2
What am I gonna do?
Said I'm gonna pray.
"Who you gonna pray to?" she said,
"Who's your God, anyway?"
Well, I could've said how dare you?
but I know, how dare I?
It was my weakness,
turned us into angry magi.


PRE-CHORUS THREE:
C     D                Em  A7sus2
I had something to say,
    C           D      
but words won't make it okay.


CHORUS TWO:
C    D      
Hey, was it the lamb

     C D      
that I laid on the altar?

    C         D      
The night has hurt me again,

       C           D      
in the heart of my favorite summer.

C         D                  Em A7sus2
Grip this stem of my history

    C       D                     Em A7sus2 (repeat Em/A7sus2 til end)
and help me shake through to ugly.

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CHORD FORMATION:

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© 1999 Rose Polenzani/Parhelion Music ASCAP