Deathbed
Relient K
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F I can smell the death on the sheets, covering meF C G I can't believe this is the endC F G But this is my deathbed, I lieAm here aloneC F If I close my eyes tonightG C I know I'll be home [Verse 1]C G The year was nineteen forty oneBb I was eight years old and far, farF too youngC G To know that the stories, of battles and gloryBb F Was a tale a kind mother made up for her son, You seeC G Dad was a traveling preacherBb F Teaching the words of the TeacherC G And mother had sworn he went off to the warBb F And died there with honor, somewhere on a beach thereAm E/G# But he left once to never returnC/G Which taught me that I shouldD/F# unlearnF C Whatever I thought a father should beEb I abandoned that thought like heD/F# abandoned meD A/C# By forty seven I was fourteenC I'd acquired a taste for liquor andG nicotineGm D/A I smoked until I threw upA A/G# Yeah, I still lit 'em up forA/G thirty more yearsD Like a machineF C So right there you have itF C That one filthy habitF/D C G Is what got me where I am today [Chorus 2]F I can smell the death on the sheets, covering meF C G I can't believe this is the endF I can hear those sad memories, still haunting meF C G So many things, I'd do againC F G But this is my deathbed, I lieAm here aloneContinúa después del anuncioC F If I close my eyes tonightG C I know I'll be home [Verse 2]C G I got married on my twenty firstBb F Eight months before my wife would give birthC G It's easier to be sure you love someoneBb When her father inquires with theF barrel of a gunAm E/G# The union was far from harmoniousC/G No two people could have been moreD/F# alone than usF C The years would go by and she'd love someone elseEb D/F# And I realized I hadn't been loved yet myselfD A From there it's your typical spielC Yeah if life was a highway, I wasG drunk at the wheelGm D/A I was helping the loose ends, all fall apartA A/G# A/G Yeah, I swear I was destined to failD fail from the startF C I bowled about six times a weekF C The bottle of Beam kept the memories from meF C My marriage had taken a seven-ten splitF/D C G And along with my pride the ex-wife took the kids [Chorus 3]F I can smell the death on the sheets, covering meF C G I can't believe this is the endF I can hear those sad memories, still haunting meF C G So many things, I'd do againC F G But this is my deathbed, I lieAm here aloneC F If I close my eyes tonightG C I know I'll be home [Verse 3]C G I was so scared of Jesus, but He sought me outBb Like the cancer in my lungs that'sF killing me nowC G And I've given up hope on the days I have leftBb F But I cling to the hope of my life in the nextAm E/G# Then Jesus showed up, said "Before we go upC/G D/F# I thought that we might reminisceF See one night in your life, whenC you turned out the lightEb D You asked for and prayed for my forgiveness"D Bm You cried wolf, the tears theyA soaked your furG Em The blood dripped from your fangsD A You said "What have I done?"Em D You loved that Lamb, with everyBm sinful boneA G And there you wept aloneEm A Your heart was so contriteEm D You said, "Jesus, please forgiveG me of my crimesEm D G Sanctify this withered heart of mineEm D Stay with me until my life isG throughEm D And on that day please take meG home with you" [Chorus 4]G I can smell the death on the sheets, covering meD A I can't believe this is the endG I can hear You whisper to me "It's time to leaveG/Bb D A You'll never be lonely again"D G A But this was my deathbed, I diedBm there aloneD G When I closed my eyes tonightA G/D D You carried me home [Instrumental] G/D D x8ish [Ending]D D/F# Bm I am the Way, follow me and takeG My handD D/F# Bm And I am the truth, embrace Me andA G you'll understandD D/F# That I am the Light, and for MeC G you'll live againG A Bm For I am LoveG A Bm I am LoveD/F# G D A D I I am Love