Gang Of Youths - Keep Me In The Open

      [Intro]
G C G (x2)

[Verse 1]
G                 C                      G
I don't know if I blame you for being so distant
                 G
But I'm tryna be real with you
    Am                         G
And god, it's been a hell of a week
G                  C                G
And I just wanna relate to you in a true way
                  G
If it means being here with you
     Am                  G
Then hey, I am trying to be

[Break]
G C G (x2)

[Verse 2]
G                       C                 G
I'll always struggle to think of you in a harsh way
                 G
I know that it's weird
            Am                    G
But I still see you for the human beneath
G                    C                      G
I wish that I was in love with your endless bullshit
                        G
But I'm a 'heart-in-the-gutter' type
  Am                   G
Asleep on a stranger's knee

[Verse 3]
G                       C                    G
I'm getting used to the sleepless hours from sundown
             G                   Am
The terrible dreams that lead me inward
            G
To terrible truths
          G
But in my blood
     C             G
Some electric holy yearning
           G            Am             G
Carries an impulse to get shitfaced on you

[Chorus]
G                 C
Tell me how I can do this thing
        G
Tell me how I can help this thing go easily
         Am           G
'Coz I'm trying, honeybee

G                 C
Tell me how I can beat this thing
        G
Tell me how I can make this beast die easily
   Am            G
Goddamn it, honeybee

[Break]
G C G (x2)

[Verse 4]
G                     C                     G
And get a load of the kid in the Gang Green t-shirt
              G
They were the gateway band
  Am                        G
A pastor and the teacher to me
G                  C                           G
I used to wanna be real with the things they believed in
                     G
But since we've been talking
        Am                G
I'm not sure if I believe anything

[Verse 5]
G                  C                        G
Take a look at the girl with the long range rifle
                 G
The one with the crew cut
      Am                       G
She reminds me of a version of you
G               C                   G
Laying low in a field some place in Mosul
       G             Am                   G
Wholly emulsified by fear and aversion to truth

[Chorus]
G                   C
When did everything get this weird?
        G
How the fuck did it start?
G            C
Did you ever believe in me?
       G
Was it always so hard?

G                 C
Tell me how I can do this thing
        G
Tell me how I can help this thing go easily
         Am           G
'Coz I'm trying, honeybee

[Bridge]
G
The line is close
    C              G
The wait is hardly normal
        G
So just be real
Am                 G
In any way you can be
             G
The heart is closed
    C              G
But keep me in the open
    G Am                   G
'Coz I deserve better than this
G
The line is close
    C              G
The wait is hardly normal
        G
So just be real
Am                 G
In any way you can be
             G
The heart is closed
    C              G
But keep me in the open
    G Am                   G
'Coz I deserve better than this

[Outro]
    G C                    G
Yeah I deserve better than this
   G Am                   G
And I deserve better than this
    G C                    G
'Coz I deserve better than this
   G Am                    G
And I deserve better than this
    G C                    G
'Coz I deserve better than this

[Ending]
G C G (x2)