The Couch Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Am]You hadn't seen your
father in such a long time
He died in the arms of his lover,
how dare he?
Your [F]mother never left the house
[Dm]She never married anyo[D]ne e[F#m]lse
You took it upon your[Esus4]self
to console [E]her[A]
[Am]You reminded

[Verse 2]
her so much
of your [A]father[Am]
So you were banished and you
Wonder why you're so hypersensitive
And why [E]you can't trust anyone but us
But [Am]then [F]how can I begin to forgive her
So [Dm]many years under
[D]bridges with dirty water
She was [F#m]foolish and selfish
And [E]cowardly if you ask [Esus4]me
[E]

[Verse 3]
[Am]
I don't know where to begin
In all of my fifty odd years
I have been silently suffering
And adapting,
perpetuating [A]and endur[Am]ing

[Verse 4]
Who [F]are you,
younger generation to tell [Dm]me
That I [D]have unresolved problems
Not many ex[F#m]amples of fruits
Of this type of excru[E]ciating [Esus4]labor
[E]

[Verse 5]
[Am]How can you just throw words around
Like grieve and heal and mourn
I feel fine, we may not have been born
As [E]awake [Am]as you were
It was [F]much harder in those days
We [Dm]had paper routes,
[D]uphill both ways
We went from [F#m]school, to a job to a wife
To [E]instant parent[Esus4]hood
[E]

[Verse 6]
[Am]
I walked into his office
I felt so self-conscious on on the couch
He was sitting down across from me
He was writing down his hypo[A]thesis,
I [Am]don't know
I've got [F]a loving supportive wife
Who [Dm]doesn't know how
involved [D]she should get
You say his [F#m]interjecting
Was him [E]just call[Esus4]ing me on[E] my shit?

[Verse 7]
[E]
Just [Am]the other day, my sweet daughter
I was driving past 203
I walked up the stairs in my
mind's eye
I remember how they would creak loudly
She was [F]only responsive with a drink
He [Dm]was only responsive by photo
[D]I w[F#m]as only trying to be
The best [Esus4]big brother I could[E]

[Verse 8]
[Am]I've walked sometimes confused
Sometimes ready to crack
open wide
Sometimes indignant, sometimes raw
Can you imagine,
I pay him seventy-five dollars dollars [F]an hour?
Sometimes it feels [Am]like [Dm]highway robbery
And [D]sometimes it's [F#m]peanuts
I wish it could last a couple [E]more [Esus4]hours[E]

[Verse 9]
[Am]So here we both are
battling similar demons
Not coincidentally
You seen getting beyond knowing
it solely intellectually
You're not relinquishing your majesty
You are [F]wise you are warm
[Gm]You are cour[Dm]ageous, you are [D]big[Dm]
An[D]d I[F#m] love you more now
Than I [E]ever have in my whole life

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