Deathbed Relient K
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I can smell the death on [F]the sheets
Co[F]vering me
[F]I can't believe this [F/G]is the end[C]
But this[C] is my deathbe[F]d
I l[G]ie here alo[Am]ne
If I c[C]lose my eyes tonight[F]
I kn[G]ow I'll be home[C]
The year[C] was nineteen forty one[G]
I was eigh[Bb]t years old and
Far, far too young[F]
To kno[C]w that the stories
Of batt[G]les and glory
Was a tale[Bb] a kind mother
Made up fo[F]r her son
You see
[C]Dad was a traveling preacher[G]
[Bb]Teaching the words of the Teacher[F]
My moth[C]er had sworn he
Went off [G]to the war
And died[Bb] there with honor
Somewhere o[F]n a beach there
But he left[Am] once to never return[Ab]
Which taught[C/G] me that I should unlearn[D/F#]
Whatever [F]I thought a father should [C]be
I aband[Eb]oned that thought
Like he abando[D/F#]ned me
By for[D]ty seven I was fourteen[A/C#]
I'd acquir[C]ed a taste for liquor and nicotine[G]
I smo[Bb]ked until I threw up[D/A]
Yet I still lit 'em up[A]
For thir[Ab]ty more years[G]
Like a machine[D]
So rig[F]ht there you have it[C]
That one [F]filthy habit[C]
Is what got [F/D]me where I am toda[C]y[G]
I can smell the death on t[F]he sheets
Covering me
I can't believe this i[F/G]s the end[C] [G]
I can hear those sad memori[F]es
Still haunting me
So many things
[F/G]I'd do ag[C]ain[G]
But thi[C]s is my deathbed[F]
I [G]lie here alo[Am]ne
If I clo[C]se my eyes tonight[F]
I kno[G]w I'll be home[C]
I got marri[C]ed on my twenty first [G]
E[Bb]ight months before my wife would giv[F]e birth
It's ea[C]sier to be sure you love someon[G]e
When her father i[Bb]nquires with the barrel of a gun[F]
The unio[Am]n was far from harmonious[E/Ab]
No two people [C/G]could have been more alone than us[D/F#]
The year[F]s would go by and she'd love someone else[C]
And I realize[Eb]d I hadn't been loved yet my[D/F#]self
[D] [A]
Yeah if life[C] was a highway
I was drun[G]k at the wheel
I was seei[Bb]ng the loose ends
[D/A]All fall apart
Yeah I swear [A]I was destined to[Ab] fail[G]
And fail[F#] from the start[D]
I bo[F]wled about six times a week[C]
The bot[F]tle of Beam kept the memories from me[C]
The marria[F]ge had taken a seven-ten split[C]
And alon[F/D]g with my pride the e[C]x-wife took the kid[G]s
I can smell the death on t[F]he sheets
Covering me
I can't believe this i[F/G]s the end[C] [G]
I can hear those sad memori[F]es
Still haunting me
So many things
[F/G]I'd do a[C]gain[G]
But this[C] is my deathbed[F]
I [G]lie here alo[Am]ne
If I cl[C]ose my eyes tonight[F]
I kno[G]w I'll be home[C]
I was so s[C]cared of Jesus
But H[G/D]e sought me out
Like the cance[Bb]r in my lungs
That's killi[F]ng me now
And I've given[C] up hope
On the days [G/D]I have left
But I clin[Bb]g to the hope
Of my life[F] in the next
Then Jesus[Am] showed up
Said, "Be[E/Ab]fore we go up
I t[C/G]hought that we might reminisce[D/F#]
See one night i[F]n your life
When you turned out[C] the light
You asked f[Eb]or and prayed for my forgiveness"[D]
You cried wolf[D]
The tea[Bm]rs they soaked your fur[A]
The bloo[G]d dripped from your fangs[Em]
You said[D], "What have I done?"[A]
You loved that Lamb[Em]
With every[D] sinful bone[Bm]
And there y[A]ou wept alone
[G]Your hear[Em]t was so contrite[A]
You said, "Jesus, pl[Em]ease forgive me of my cri[D]mes[G]
[Em]Sanctify this withered[D] heart of mine[G]
[Em]Stay with me until my [D]life is through[G]
And on [Em]that day please take me home with[D] you"[G]
I can smell the death on the s[G]heets
Covering me
I can't believe this is the end[D] [A]
I can hear You whisper to me, [G]
"It's time to leave
You'll never be lonely again"[G/Bb] [D] [A]
But this[D] was my deathbed[G]
I di[A]ed there alone[Bm]
When I closed my [D]eyes tonight[G]
You carried [A]me home[G/D] [D]
During the instrumental, its all : G D
(Jon Foreman of Switchfoot sings)
[D]I am the Way[F#/D]
Follow Me[Bm]
And take My hand[G] [A]
And I a[D]m the Truth[F#/D]
Embrace[Bm] Me and you'll understa[A]nd[G]
And I a[D]m the Light[F#/D]
And for Me you'[C]ll live again[G]
For I [G]am[A] Love[Bm]
[G]I [A]am Lo[Bm]ve
[D/F#]I, [G] [G] [A] I[D] am Love
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