Don’t Tell Me

[Am]Save your breath, my [Em]brother, it's not going [Am]in

I'm not your [Em]disciple, I choose how I [G]sin

[Am]I've got a distant [Em]memory of previous lives

[C]So [Am]don't say I'm not [Em]ready, back off with those [C]knives

 

[Am]You don't know me like you [Em]used to

[D]You can leave, but I [C]refuse to

[Am]You can tell me that I'm [Em]crazy

[G]But I won't stop and this won't make me

 

[Am]Ooo—who—ooo—oo—who

Oh—o—oh, [C]don't [Em]tell [G]me I'm not ready

[Am]Ooo—who—ooo—oo—who

Oh—o—oh, [C]don't [Em]tell [G]me I'm not ready

[Am] [Em] [C]For love, [Am]for love

 

I don't feel [Em]connected to all of your [C]lies

[Am]But you can do a [Em]kindness and look me in the [C]eyes

[Am]My soul's [Em]resurrected, yeah, it's been there [C]before

[Am]So don’t say I’m not [Em]ready till I fall on my [C]soul

 

[Am]You don't know me like you [Em]used to

[D]You can leave, but I [C]refuse to

[Am]You can tell me that I'm [Em]crazy

[G]But I won't stop and this won't make me

 

[Am]Ooo—who—ooo—oo—who

Oh—o—oh, [C]don't [Em]tell [G]me I'm not ready

[Am]Ooo—who—ooo—oo—who

Oh—o—oh, [C]don't [Em]tell [G]me I'm not ready

[Am] [Em] [C]For love, [Am]for love

 

[Am]The course that you have set

for me, [C]the shadows you cast over me

[Em]The road is getting hard to see, [G]but I'm gonna make it through

[Am]Horizons that are outta sight, [C]lost behind the fading light

[Em]I'm ready for what's coming, and they best be ready too

 

[Am]Ooo—who—ooo—oo—who

Oh—o—oh, [C]don't [Em]tell [G]me I'm not ready

[Am]Ooo—who—ooo—oo—who

Oh—o—oh, [C]don't [Em]tell [G]me I'm not ready

[Am] [Em] [C]For love, [Am]for love