Intro
A   D 
 
Verse 1
A                D               E7  E 
Have you heard a serpent speak? 
          A              D            E7  E 
Would you lift a veil to take a peek? 
A             D        E7  E 
Hold a mirror up to me 
A              D        E7  E 
Mirror back my unbelief 
 
Chorus
A                   D            E7   E 
  Please don't ruin this for me,    I--- 
A           D            E7  E 
I have everything I need,   ahhhh 
A            D             A 
Please don't ruin this for   me 
       D            Bm       E 
I have everything I    need, yeah 
 
Verse 2
A               D               E7 
Build an alter, stoke the flame 
A                      D            E7 
Speak half truths that sound arcane 
A                D 
All my dreams so deeply hidden 
E7 
Rise up to my throat unbidden 
A                D 
All the comforts I forsake 
     E7 
Like afterlives and divine fate 
 
Verse 3
A                  D        E7 
Forge your own way merrily 
A                   D           E7 
Fill the world with new meaning 
 
Chorus
A                   D            E7   E 
  Please don't ruin this for me,    I--- 
A           D            E7  E 
I have everything I need,   ahhhh 
A            D             A 
Please don't ruin this for   me 
       D            Bm      E 
I have everything I   need, yeah 
 
Outro
A    D   A