So To Speak

E    A    F#m    B

E                           
They're seriously saying it's 
        D
prolonging me life
         A                         
if I'll only submit to the surgical
C#m
 knife?
 B                  E          A 
but what are the odds, on a month
        E
 or a week?
           A                       
when the betting shop's closing its
    C
 doors, so to speak.

             Amaj7       B     
When you're tied to a pump and a 
   Amaj7      B
breathing machine
           Am7          Am     
with their X-rays and probes and 
         Am7        Am
their monitor screens
             Amaj7        B   
and they'll wake you up hungry, 
     Amaj7           B
saying "How do you feel?"
                 Am7           
and then you're stuffed full of 
  Am         Am7        D7
pills and a barium meal.

E                              D
Prolonging me life? Now that's some 
kind of joke
         A                         
I'd be laughing me head off and I'd
C#m
 probably choke
B                  E             
the spirit's still willing, but 
    A            E
the rest of me's weak
           A                    
now the bets are all off and the 
  C
prospects look bleak.

             Amaj7       B        
When you're laid like a piece of 
  Amaj7         B
old meat on the slab
           Am7             Am     
and they'll cut and they'll slice,
            Am7               Am
 and they'll poke and they'll jab
                  Amaj7        B  
and they'll grill ye and burn ye, 
             Amaj7          B
and they'll wish ye good health
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            Am7     Am        
with their radium chemo and God 
   Am7        D7
knows what else?

E                                 
Well you can't fault the science, 
            D
though the logic is weak
         A               C#m
is it really an eternal life we 
should seek?
B                 E          A  
that ship has sailed, that ship 
        E
has sailed
    A                 B           
that ship has already sailed, so 
      E
to speak.

       Amaj7       B          
Our mission is more than a 
Amaj7         B
struggle for breath
       Am7         Am        Am7 
for a few extra rounds in a fight
        Am
 to the death
       Amaj7        B       
when our mission is love, and 
     Amaj7          B
compassion and grace
          Am7             Am      
it's not a test of endurance, or a
   Am7        D7
 marathon race.

E                            D
For love is the sabre, and love is 
the shield
A                     C#m
love is the only true power we wield
B           E        A          
an eternal love, is all you 
    E
should seek
 A                          B     
That ship will be ready to sail, 
       C      Am  C
so to speak

F                                 
I hear what you're saying because 
      Eb
I've heard it before
  Bb                             
but I'm afraid if I let what is past
Dm
 through my door
Bb                  F      Bb
how long would you stay, a month or 
a week
                              Gm   
when that ship has already sailed, 
 C        F
so to speak?

Bbmaj7               C            
Should I settle for something 
 Bbmaj7            C
that's safe on this Earth?
Bbm7            Bbm        Bbm7 
what would it profit me, what is
       Bbm
 it worth?
Bbmaj7               C     
if I lose something precious, 
      Bbmaj7      C
completely unique?
Bbm7            Bbm        Bbm7 
when it's only eternity's love 
       Cm7
we should seek.

F                                 
For when that ship sails, and the 
       Eb
course has been set
  Bb                               
and the wind's in the offing and 
   Dm
the sails have been let
Bb                  F             
and the hatches are full, and the 
Bb
hull doesn't leak
                         Gm   C   
that ship has already to sail, so 
     F
to speak.

F                          Eb
I'm tired and fading and losing the 
light
  Bb                             
and I've no way to tell if it's day 
Dm
or it's night
Bb             F     Bb
follow your heart, it's the harbour 
you seek.

Bb                           Gm
And this ship is ready to sail,
Bb                      Gm
this ship is ready to sail,
Bb                      Gm    C 
this ship is ready to sail, so 
      F
to speak...