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|Beautiful Prize|  (Karma) 1998/1999

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Intro: C   G   Dm   F (x2)





      C		G	     Dm

The father giveth, and the father taketh away

  F

Johanna prays in her bed

    C		G		  Dm

He drinks his beer to the TV chatter

  	F

Thinks dark thoughts in his head

    C		   G			  Dm

When the house that he keeps with his hard won pay

	     F 

Is finally asleep after his brutal day

     G					C

He turns his eyes on his beautiful prize

C	   F			C	Am

Johanna watches her door open just a crack

C	   F			C			    Am

And a hand that once held her runs down the length of her back

C	     G		    F	    F 

Her fallen angel lies down on her bed

C	     G		    F	      F  

So much confusion in her beautiful head

G

Johanna closes her eyes





    C		  G

In a house full of secrets the truth doesn't matter

     Dm		    F		    C		G

Johanna buries her shame and dreams of redemption 

	Dm		      F

They just scatter, she grows numb to the pain 

     C		 G	    Dm

She can't remember how it was before

	       F 

And she doesn't know who she is anymore

        G			        C 

She's in disguise as his Beautiful Prize



C	   F		   C		Am

Johanna watches her life from the outside

C	   F		   C		Am 

And she dreams that one day she'll fly free from this mess

     C		G		F

She's a hawk trying to soar with a broken wing

     C		G		F 

And she doesn't talk anymore about anything

		       C    G 

She just closes her eyes



Dm			    F

She just can't stand his anger, she just can't bear his heat

Dm				G		     G

She takes a long hard look at life on the street, yeah

 C		 G		Dm		F 

In a house full of secrets the truth doesn't matter

 C		 G		Dm           F  

And any dreams of salvation, they just shatter



  C		 F		C	 Am

Johanna watches the world from the outside

  C		 F		C	        Am 

And she dreams of the day she'll fly free from this mess

  C	        G		      Dm

She doesn't know what she's waiting for

      	     F

Cause there's nothing left in this house anymore 

	G

And in his eyes she's just a Beautiful Prize



C        G         Dm          F

Oh, Johanna just a Beautiful Prize...









*Tune guitar down to play as on CD.

**Big thank you to Fred St. Gelais on this one!