Two Gallants - The Throes

      
 
 I know the outro is missing but I was too lazy to write it down.
 
 The Throes (Two Gallants)
 (Capo +3)
 
 Intro: C Em Am G
 
 1.
 C                                         Em  
 'Well I don't know if I can take this anymore'
                                             Am  
 she's thinkin' as he shoves her 'gainst the wall
                                          G  
 Screamin'. 'Well than what good are you for,
                                   C   
 you don't give me no pleasure at all.'
                           Em   
 'Oh now I know I need to leave'
                       Am   
 so she tells herself again,
                                G     
 wipes a little blood upon her sleeve,
 
 but she don't tell herself when.
      F             C            Am         G   
 And baby starts a cryin', daddy sits back down,
 C              G                  Am     G   
 sinks another drink to bring his temper down.
          C                            G         
 And his image there reflectin' on the TV screen,
 F                C               Am             G  
 reminds her of a better day she thought she'd seen.
 
 Refrain:
          C                G              
 But now take your time before you grieve,
 F                        C              
 and keep your heart hid off your sleeve,
 F                       C           
 cause ain't no one but you deceived,
 Am                G            
 your sympathy is soon to leave.
          C                 G             
 And now hide your mouth before you speak,
 F                   C          
 or better yet just turn a cheek
 F                      C           
 I watch your interest growin' weak,
 F                      C            
 but still you say that I'm the freak
        Em           G        C  
 and I guess that's fine with me.
 
 Bridge: C Em Am G
 
 2.
 C                                  Em  
 But he's probably had a long, long day,
                                          Am   
 she's thinkin' in the kitchen while she weeps,
                             G  
 puttin' dinner's leftovers away
                                        C    
 as he stumbles off to bed and then to sleep.
                                  Em  
 Surely he'll be better come the dawn,
                                             Am  
 when I rise to cook him breakfast 'fore he goes,
                                     G   
 wakes without a word and then he's gone,
                                        C    
 he's got that kind of love that never shows.
      F             C              Am         G   
 And baby starts a wailin', daddy comes back down,
 C              G           Am        G    
 'Shut up that child', she hears him shout,
      C                                G             
 and cradled in her arms she tries to calm the sound,
 F             C                      Am         G  
 'How am I to sleep', he screams and slaps her down.
 
 Refrain:
          C                G              
 But now take your time before you grieve,
 F                        C              
 and keep your heart hid off your sleeve,
 F                       C           
 cause ain't no one but you deceived,
 Am                G            
 your sympathy is soon to leave.
          C                 G             
 And now hide your mouth before you speak,
 F                   C          
 or better yet just turn a cheek
 F                      C           
 I watch your interest growin' weak,
 F                      C            
 but still you say that I'm the freak
        Em           G        C  
 and I guess that's fine with me.
 
 Bridge: C Em Am G
 
 3.
 C                                           Em  
 And when she wakes her head don't cease to pain,
                                         Am  
 body's broken and her clothes are torn away,
                                  G    
 still the threat of emptiness remains,
                                     C   
 s she struggles to her feet to get away.
                            Em   
 'Hell, where has my child gone',
                                       Am  
 she screams as she runs from room to room.
                                G  
 Every sound of silence lingers on,
 
 not a single kick inside her womb.
          F               C              Am         G   
 And her mind drowns into shadows, mama falls back down,
 C                               G                Am        G     
 where the walls that shape her world seem taller from the ground.
      C                                        G          
 And no more breath to scream her throat just drifts away,
 F                    C               Am        G  
 and no more life to lose as if there were to save.
 
 Refrain:
          C                G              
 But now take your time before you grieve,
 F                        C              
 and keep your heart hid off your sleeve,
 F                       C           
 cause ain't no one but you deceived,
 Am                G            
 your sympathy is soon to leave.
          C                 G             
 And now hide your mouth before you speak,
 F                   C          
 or better yet just turn a cheek
 F                      C           
 I watch your interest growin' weak,
 F                      C            
 but still you say that I'm the freak
        Em           G        C  
 and I guess that's fine with me.