Keep It Even

	  		 
Verse 

          D                         Dm                          C 
There's a drawer in my house that I try to keep closed but it's open 
          G                         F                     C 
There's a commitment that I made to be somewhere but it's broken 
   F              Fm6            C                       G 
An oblique mantra in my head, it lies there on the floor like a bed that would 
F               Dm              C 
Collapse like a trap, if it was spoken 


Am                G 
You gotta keep it even, even when you're uptight 
Am               A 
Even when you're happy, even when you're reaching for some 
D                                  Dm                        C 
Line I've had in mind, it's been repressed over time, so I'm breathing 
  G                             F                   C 
Seduced by an excuse that could not be made but I'm speaking 



Instrumental 

Am  Am  C   C 
G   F   C   C 
Am  Am  G   G 
Am  Am  A   A 


Verse 

          D                          Dm                       C 
There's a phone with a number that I try not to call but it's ringing 
    G                          F                 C 
For someone I've tried to keep to myself but I'm singing 
     F                        Fm6             C              G 
It's logic that's twisted and paraphrased and justified by a distance 
     F           Dm                C 
That separates a bond, bound of persistence 


Am                G 
You gotta keep it even, even when you're uptight 
Am               A 
Even when you're happy, even when you're reaching for 
     D                         Dm                         C 
That drawer in my house that I try to keep closed but its open