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Past Like A Mask

Rodney Crowell

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Past Like a Mask

Intro:  F#  G#  F#  G#  C# 

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I was told to be a man was build defences strong
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Keep your woman in her place and she�ll keep hangin� on
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Now I�ve grown to realise my life�s been filled with lies
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A tread I�ve been hangin� on has broken in her eyes
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If I could let my heart be known in spite walls so high
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I might taste those bitter tears that I�ve never learned to cry

Chorus #1:
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But I�ve got a pa-ast like a mask
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And I can see it in her face, the many years I can�t erase
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A broken heart I can�t replace in spite of what I try 
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But I�ve got a pa-ast like a mask
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And I sure took my time to understand

When I was young, not long ago, I hid my feelings well
Sometimes I let my heartaches show but I could never tell
And now I find I�ve been blind, insensitive and vain
Cause someone told me long ago �ignore a woman�s pain�
If I could change the fool I�ve been, I know just what�d do 
I�d give her everything I can and make all her dreams come true

Chorus #2:
But I�ve got a past like a mask
And I can see it in her eyes, the lonely nights, the endless lies
The countless time I made her cry when she was by my side
And I�ve got a past like a mask
And I sure took my time to understand

Chorus #1





by: Jos� Duarte
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Past Like A Mask

Rodney Crowell