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You're my guts

from Hymn to Her by Paul McMahon

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YOU'RE MY GUTS

(A) 32 BARS
C/C4/C/C4/C/C/F/F
C/C4/C/C4/C/C/F/FE-D-
D-/D-/G/G/D-/D-/G/G/
D-/F/G/G/D-/F/C/C/

FEEL BAD FEEL GOOD FEEL SOMETHING
LORD I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER DIVE
FEEL SCARED FEEL ASHAMED MY HEART'S A-THUMPINí
AT LEAST I KNOW I'M STILL ALIVE
LIKE A DOG THAT DROOLS I FOLLOW YOU AROUND
ACTIN' THE FOOL IN FRONT OF THIS SUPER COOL TOWN
I WANT YOU LIKE GRAVITY NEEDS WEIGHT
IN THE BANQUET HALL YOUíRE THE ONLY THING ON MY PLATE

(B) 16 BARS
A-/F/C/C/A-/F/D-/G/
D-/F/G/G/D-/F/C/C/

I WANT YOU LIKE THE MORNING NEEDS THE SUN
I LONG FOR YOU LIKE THE NUMBER TWO
LONGS FOR THE NUMBER ONE
LIKE A JAGGED WOUND NEEDS A KNIFE THAT CUTS
I NEED YOU CAUSE YOU'RE MY GUTS

(A)
WOKE UP FROM A DREAM ABOUT A QUARTER TO THREE
YOU JUST INTRODUCED ME TO A YELLOW HAIRED GIRL
AND SHE WAS JUST LIKE ME AND I FELT SO FREE
LIKE I COULD GO OUT AND SAVE THE WHOLE WORLD
WHEN I THINK OF IT AS COURAGE I'VE ALREADY CHICKENED OUT
BUT IN LOVE THERE IS LAUGHTER AND IN LAUGHTER THERE'S NO DOUBT
LIKE A LIGHTHOUSE FOR A SHIP THAT'S LOST AT SEA
YOU'RE THE TIDAL WAVE THAT BRINGS ME TO MY KNEES

(C) 16 BARS
A-/F/D-/G/ (2X)
D-/F/G/G/D-/F/C/C/

YOU'RE THE SIREN SONG
YOU'RE THE WORLD GONE WRONG
YOU'RE THE NEEDLE THE PILL AND THE CRUTCH
YOU'RE THE LIFE I LIVE
YOU'RE THE GIFT I GIVE
THAT I SEE HEAR FEEL TASTE SMELL AND TOUCH
YOU'RE THE ACID TEST THAT DEMANDS THE BEST OF ME
YOU'RE THE HOLLOW HURTING PLACE IíLL NEVER SEE

(C)
YOU'RE THE THING THAT SQUEEZES THAT GRIPS AND PLEASES
THE TUNNEL THAT OPENS AND SHUTS
YOU'RE THE SENSE OF HUMOR THE MALICIOUS RUMOR
THE MADONNA AND THE SLUT
ALL THE WAGON WHEELS AND ALL THE MUDDY RUTS
I'M STUCK ON YOU CAUSE YOU'RE MY GUTS

(A)
FEEL GOOD FEEL BAD FEEL SOMETHING
LEAST I KNOW I'M STILL ALIVE
GOOD DAYS BAD DAYS ON THIS ROLLER COASTER RIDE I BEEN JUMPIN
TRYIN TO HOLD IT ALL TOGETHER INSIDE
FORMING LIKE A LASER BEAM OF MOLTEN STEEL
COMING FROM THE PLACE INSIDE THE PAIN I FEEL
LIKE A RAGING HELL INSIDE THE SHELL OF A NUT
YOU'RE THE ANTI-MATTER HOLE YOU'RE MY GUTS

(C)
YOU'RE THE HYPNOTISM YOU'RE THE MAGNETISM THE ILLUSION I NEED SO MUCH
YOU'RE THE METAPHOR I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR
THE TRANSMISSION THAT ALWAYS COMES THROUGH IN THE CLUTCH
YOU'RE THE MAN WHO DIED THAT ONLY THE TRUTH CAN TOUCH
YOU'RE THE GOLDEN CHILD INSIDE YOU'RE MY GUTS

(B)
I WANT YOU LIKE THE MORNING NEEDS THE SUN
I LONG FOR YOU LIKE THE NUMBER TWO
LONGS FOR THE NUMBER ONE
LIKE A JAGGED WOUND NEEDS A KNIFE THAT CUTS
I NEED YOU CAUSE YOU'RE MY GUTS

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from Hymn to Her, released February 14, 2012

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Paul McMahon Woodstock, New York

From a musical family he explored folk, jug, blues and rock quitting music at 20 for art, returning as a punk rocker at 27. Then a long oddysey, solo and band in search of the real real deal; the songs becoming a diary of psychological and spiritual experience; shamanism and ordination as an Interfaith minister.
January 2020 tour of DC Ba Ph & Bk was his first at 69 organized by Goodflavor45
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