Sweet Side chords

Lucinda Williams

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Simplify chords 

  			
Intro: 
(Repeat chords until lyrics queue start of verse)   
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verse 1 
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You run yourself ragged tryin' to be strong. 
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You feel bad when you done nothin' wrong. 
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Love got all confused with anger and pride. 
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So much abuse on such a little child. 
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Someone you trusted told you to shut up, now there's a 
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pain in your gut that you can't get rid of. 
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No one heard your screams, when you were nine.  When  
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bad dreams filled your summertime.  So, 

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you don't always show your sweet side. 
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You don't always show your sweet side. 
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You don't always show your sweet side. 
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You don't always show your sweet side. 

verse 2 
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You're tough as steel and you keep your chin up. 
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You don't ever feel like you're good enough. 
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You've had the blues ever since you were six.  Your 
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little tennis shoes and your pick-up sticks. You were  
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screamed at and kicked over and over. Now you  
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always feel sick and you can't keep a lover. 
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Every Christmas there were presents to unwrap but the 
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things you witnessed when you were five and a half.  So 

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you don't always show your sweet side. 
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You don't always show your sweet side. 
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You don't always show your sweet side. 
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You don't always show your sweet side. 

verse 3 
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Someone deserted you, the damage is done. Now  
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you don't deserve to be loved by no one. 
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Hands that would feed you, when you were two were the  
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same hands that beat you black and blue. 
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You get defensive at every turn.  You're  
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overly sensitive and overly concerned. 
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Few precious memories no lullabies. 
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Hollowed out centu-ries of lies.  So 

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you don't always show your sweet side. 
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You don't always show your sweet side. 
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You don't always show your sweet side. 
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You don't always show your sweet side. 

verse 4 
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I've seen you in the kitchen cookin' me supper.  I 
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listened to you bitchin' and I watched you suffer. 
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I still love you baby 'cause I know you.  Don't 
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mean to do the cruel things you do.  I've  
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seen you sewin' buttons on your shirt.  I've  
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seen you throwin' up when your stomach hurt. 

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I'll stick by you baby through thick and thin.  No 
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matter what kind of shape you're in.  'Cause 

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I-iiii've seen your sweet side  
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I-iiii've seen your sweet side  
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I-iiii've seen your sweet side  
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I-iiii've seen your sweet side  

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I've seen your sweet side baby. 
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I've seen your sweet side.  
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I've seen your sweet side baby. 
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I've seen your sweet side.  

Outro 
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