E Ab C#m A
E Ab C#m A
[Verse 1]
E Ab C#m A
Out on Gull lake, in a peach-plum dawn, in your Edson boat, I’m safe.
E Ab C#m A F#m
A summer day, pulling walleye up, then the morning comes. I’m awake,
A
and the pain starts in my sternum, then it radiates.
E Ab C#m A
When I see your face, made of brick and stone, it’s strong and bold and brave.
E Ab C#m A F#m
It starts to fade, and you’re weaker now, cursing these goddamn legs.
A C#m
I know you gotta go, but I was hoping that you’d stay.
Esus2 A
Hoping you’d stay. Hoping you’d stay.
[Instrumental]
E Ab C#m A
[Verse 2]
E Ab C#m A
At Erin Ridge, where I’d come from school when I was faking sick.
E Ab C#m A F#m
You’d take me in. When the world got dark, you let me be a kid,
A C#m
and I know you couldn’t stay, but I really wish you did.
Esus2 A C#m
I wish you did. I wish you did.
Esus2 A
I wish you did. I wish you did.
[Outro]
E
You told me not to get old.
A
You felt the weight in your bones.
C#m
I knew you needed to go,
B
but I felt so alone.
E
You told me not to get old.
A
Watching your light go out slow,
C#m
with a lump in my throat.
B
Wish we were back on your boat.
E
You told me not to get old.
A
You told me not to get old.
C#m
You told me not to get old.
B
Wish we were back on your boat.
E
Wish we were back on your boat.
