Deathbed

Intro:
                F
I can smell the death on the sheets,
 covering me
                             C     G
I can't believe this is the end

Refrão:
    C          F          G      
But this is my deathbed I lie 
   Am
here alone
      C            F         G   
If I close my eyes tonight I know
         C
 I'll be home

Verso 1:
    C                       Gm
The year was nineteen forty one I 
was
Bb                            
Eight years old and Far far too 
   F
young
   C                        Gm
To know that the stories Of battles 
and glory
      Bb                      F
Was a tale a kind mother made up for
 her son You see
C                   Gm
Dad was a traveling preacher
Bb                        F
Teaching the words of the Teacher
    C                     Gm
But mother had sworn went off to the
 war
    Bb                    F
And died there with honor somewhere 
on a beach there

       Am                 A/G#
But he left once to never return
      C/G                    
Which taught me that I should 
 D/F#
unlearn
Fmaj7                C/E
Whatever I thought a father should 
be
  Cm                            
I abandoned that thought Like he 
 D
abandoned me

   D                 D/C#
By forty seven I was fourteen
    D/C                            
I'd acquired a taste for liquor and
 G/B
 nicotine
Gm/B                 D/A
I smoked until I threw up
                    A      A/G#   
Yet I still lit 'em up for thirty 
     A/G           D/F#
more years Like a machine

   Fmaj7                C
So right there you have it
     Fmaj7           C
That one filthy habit
        Dm           C      G
Is what got me where I am today

Intro:
                Fmaj7
I can smell the death on the sheets 
Covering me
                            C     G
I can't believe this is the end
                 Fmaj7
I can hear those sad memories Still 
haunting me
                       C    G
So many things I'd do again

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Refrão:
    C           F         G       
But this is my deathbed I lie here
 Am
 alone
      C              F       G   
If I close my eyes tonight I know
         C
 I'll be home

Verso 2:
      C                    Gm
I got married on my twenty first
Bb                     F
Eight months before my wife would 
give birth
     C                     Gm
It's easier to be sure you love 
someone
         Bb                       
When her father inquires with the 
F
barrel of a gun

    Am                 Am/G#
The union was far from harmonious
       C/G                         
No two people could have been more 
D/F#
alone than us
    Fmaj7                       
The years would go by and she'd love
C/E
 someone else
    Cm                       D
And I realized I hadn't been loved 
yet myself

    D                    D/C#     
And there's your typical spiel 
      D/C
Yeah, if life was a highway
      G/B                     
I was drunk at the wheel I was 
  Gm/Bb                D/A
helping the loose ends All fall 
apart
       A            A/G#       
Yeah I swear I was destined to 
A/G                    D/F#
fail And fail from the start

  Fmaj7                    C
I bowled about six times a week
    Fmaj7                   C
The bottle of Beam kept the memories
 from me
    Fmaj7                 C
The marriage had taken a seven-ten 
split
Dm            C            G
Along with my pride the ex-wife took
 the kids

(Intro)

                F
I can smell the death on the sheets 
covering me
                            G     C
I can't believe this is the end
                 F
I can hear those sad memories still 
haunting me so many things
        G    C
I'd do again

Refrão:
    C           F         G       
But this is my deathbed I lie here
 Am
 alone
     C             F
If I close my eyes tonight
  G            C
I know I'll be home

Verso 3:
      C                      Gm
I was so scared of Jesus but He 
sought me out
         Bb                        
Like the cancer in my lungs that's 
F
killing me now
         C                    Gm
And I've given up hope on the days I
 have left
      Bb                      F
But I cling to the hope of my life 
in the next

     Am                    A/G#
Then Jesus showed up said "Before we
 go"
   A/G                      D/F#
"I thought that we might reminisce"
     Fmaj7                         
"See one night in your life When 
  C/E
you turned out the light"
     Cm/Eb                    D
"You asked for and prayed for my 
forgiveness"

Ponte:
          D        Bm             
You cried wolf The tears they 
        A
soaked your fur
    G5                       Em7
The blood dripped from your fangs
    D                  A
You said, "What have I done?"
               Em7       D   
You loved that lamb With every 
         Bm
sinful bone
     A              G5        Em 
And there you wept alone Your 
             A
heart was so contrite
           Em7            D       
You said, "Jesus, please forgive 
         G5
me of my crimes
Em7            D                G5
Sanctify this withered heart of mine
Em            D            
Stay with me until my life is 
     G5
through
   Em7                 D          
And on that day please take me 
       G5
home with you"

(Intro)
                 G5
I can smell the death on the sheets 
covering me
                            D   A
I can't believe this is the end
               G5
I can hear You whisper to me, "It's 
time to leave
                 Bb      D     A
You'll never be lonely again"

Refrão:

    D            G5        A 
But this was my deathbed I died 
         Bm
there alone
       D               G5          A
        G/D   D   G/D    D   repeat.
When I closed my eyes tonight You 
carried me home

Jon Foreman of Switchfoot sings, as 
the voice of Jesus:]

Outro:
D        D/F#       Bm7         
I am the Way follow Me and take 
    G   A
My hand
    D        D/F#      Bm7       
And I am the Truth, embrace Me 
   A           G
and you'll understand
    D        D/F#         D/C    
And I am the Light and for Me 
           G
you'll live again
    G A  Bm   G  A  Bm
For I am Love I am Love
D   Em    G A  D
I----I  , I am Love