Past Like A Mask Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

F♯ G♯ F♯ G♯ C♯

C♯I was told to G♯be a man was F♯build defences C♯strong

F♯Keep your woman C♯in her place and F♯she’ll keep hangin’ G♯on

Now I’ve grown F♯to realise my Fmlife’s been filled with F♯lies

C♯A tread I’ve been F♯hangin’ on has D♯mbroken in her G♯eyes

If I could let my F♯heart be known in Fmspite walls so F♯high

C♯I might taste those F♯bitter tears that I’ve D♯mnever learned toG♯ cry

Chorus #1:

But I’ve got a F♯pa-G♯ast like a A♯mmask

F♯And I can see it C♯in her face, F♯the many years I C♯can’t erase

F♯A broken heart I C♯can’t replace in F♯spite of what I G♯try

But I’ve got a F♯pa-G♯ast like a A♯mmask

And F♯I sure took my G♯time to underC♯stand

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