Cannibal

__pluck strings 4,3,2 until halfway through the bridge C/E | F | C/G | C/G | C/E | F | C/G | C/G | __4,3,2 C/E F C/G I can still taste you, and I hate it C/E F C/G That wasn't a choice in the mind of a child and you knew it F Am C/G You took the first slice of me and you ate it raw F Am C/G Ripped it in with your teeth and your lips like a cannibal C/G C/G You fucking animal __4,3,2 C/E F C/G I can still taste you, and it kills me C/E F C/G That there's still some sick part of it that thrills me F Am C/G That my own body keeps betraying me F Am C/G There is such power there, it may destroy me C/G But it compels me __4,3,2 F Of course I deny it Am Can hardly believe it C Dismiss or demean it F C/E Cause I know I can't speak it __4,3,2 C/E F But when I began to tell C/G It became the hardest thing C/G I ever said out loud C/E F C/G The words got locked in my throat C/G Man, I choked F Am C/G And this is what it feels like to be free F Am Even though it follows back down C/G Stares into the dark with me __4,3,2 F Even then I deny it Am Can hardly believe it C Dismiss or demean it F C/E But I know I must speak it __4,3,2 to start Am G6 C If I could forgive you now Fsus2 C G6 Am Release you from all of the blame I know how Am G6 C If I could forgive you now Fsus2 C G6 Am As if saying the words will help me know how Still the bridge__Switch to plucking strings 3,2,1 for the rest of the song - thumb still plays the bass Except: on the Dm/F ONLY, pluck 4,3,2 - I've marked it with a ** as a reminder F/A C/G F/A C/E Dm/F** F/A To begin again C/G Help me know how F/A To begin __[You can keep playing the same strum pattern until the end. If you really want to emulate the song without a drummer: time your three-finger-plucks to sync up with the snare drum, and pluck the bass note with your thumb on every 8th note that DOESN'T have a snare. it's tricky] C/E | F | C/G | C/G | C/E | F | F/A | C/G F/A Help me know how C/E F F/A To begin again C/G F/A Help me know how C/E F C/G To begin again C/E F C/G Begin again C/E F F ... no lyrics - finish with four "pinches" of your thumb and three fingers together, and let the last F ring