Deathbed Relient K
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I can smell the [F]death on the sheets, covering me. I can't believe this is the end[C] [G]
But this [C]is my death[F]bed I lie h[G]ere alone[Am]
If I c[C]lose my eyes [F]tonight I [G]know I'll be [C]home
The [C]year was 1941; I was e[Gm]ight year[Bb]s old and far far too young,[F]
To [C]know that the stories of [Gm]battles and glory,
Was a [Bb]tale a kind mother made [F]up for her son.
[C]You see, Dad was a t[Gm]raveling preacher, teaching [Bb]the words of the teacher.[F]
But [C]Mother had sworn he we[Gm]nt off to the war,
And [Bb]died there with honor,[F] somewhere on a beach there
But he [Am]left once to never [A/Ab]return, which taught[C/G] me that I should unlear[D/F#]n
[Fmaj7]Whatever I thought a [C/E]father should be
I [Cm]abandoned that thought like he [D]abandoned me
By[D] ?47, I was fourte[D/C#]en. I'd acquir[D/C]ed a taste for liquor and nicoti[G/B]ne
[Gm/B]I smoked until I thre[D/A]w up, yet I still lit 'em up fo[A]r thirt[A/Ab]y more years[A/G] like a machin[D/F#]e
So [Fmaj7]right there you have [C]it. That one [Fmaj7]filthy habit is [C]what got me where I[Dm] am today.[C] [G]
I can smell the [Fmaj7]death on the sheets covering me; I can't believe this is the end[C] [G]
I can hear those [Fmaj7]sad memories still haunting me, so many things I'd do again[C] [G]
But th[C]is is my dea[F]thbed, I l[G]ie here a[Am]lone
If I close my eyes tonight, I[C] know I'll be h[F]ome[G] [C]
I got [C]married on my twenty [Gm]first. Eight [Bb]months before my wife w[F]ould give birth.
It's [C]easier to be sure you [Gm]love someone,
When her [Bb]father inquires with the [F]barrel of a gun.
The [Am]union was far from [Am/G#]harmonious.
No two [C/G]people could have been more [D/F#]alone than us.
The [Fmaj7]years would go by and she'd [C/E]love someone else,
And [Cm]I realized I hadn't been [D]loved yet myself.
And [D]there's your typical [D/C#]spiel. Yeah, if [D/C]life was a highway
I was [G/B]drunk at the wheel. I was [Gm/Bb]helping the loose end[D/A]s, all fall apart.
Yeah I [A]swear I was d[A/Ab]estined to [A/G]fail, and fail from the[D/F#] start
I [Fmaj7]bowled about six times a [C]week. The bottle [Fmaj7]of Beam kept the memorie[C]s from me.
Our [Fmaj7]marriage had taken a s[C]even-ten split
[Dm]Along with my [C]pride the ex-[G]wife took the kids
I can smell the [F]death on the sheets covering me. I can't believe this is the end[G] [C]
I can hear those [F]sad memories still haunting me so many things, I'd do again[G] [C]
But[C] this is my deathbed,[F] I lie here alone[G] [Am]
If I [C]close my eyes [F]tonight, I know[G] I'll be home[C]
I was [C]so scared of Jesus, but He[Gm] sought me out.
Like the [Bb]cancer in my lungs that's [F]killing me now.
And I've [C]given up hope on the [Gm]days I have left.
But I [Bb]cling to the hope of my [F]life in the next.
Then [Am]Jesus showed up said "[A/Ab]Before we go, I thought that[A/G] we might reminisce"[D/F#]
"See [Fmaj7]one night in your life when you [C/E]turned out the light"
"You [Cm/Eb]asked for and prayed for [D]my forgiveness"
You c[D]ried wolf[Bm]. The tears they soaked[A] your fur
The [G5]blood dripped from your f[Em7]angs. You said, "What have I do[D]ne?"[A]
You loved that [Em7]lamb with [D]every sinful [Bm]bone
And t[A]here you wept a[G5]lone your [Em]heart was so con[A]trite
You said, "[Em7]Jesus, please f[D]orgive me of my c[G5]rimes, sanctify this [Em7]withered heart [D]of mine[G5]
[Em]Stay with me u[D]ntil my life is th[G5]rough, and on that day plea[Em7]se take me home with[D] you"[G5]
I can smell the d[G5]eath on the sheets, covering me. I can't believe this is the end.[D] [A]
I can hear You [G5]whisper to me, "It's time to leave you'll never be[Bb] lonely [D]again.[A]?
But [D]this was my d[G5]eathbed, I died there alone.[A] [Bm]
When I cl[D]osed my eyes ton[G5]ight, You ca[A]rried me [G/D]home. [D](rep[G/D]eat)[D]
[D]I am the [D/F#]Way follow [Bm7]Me and take My h[G]and[A]
And [D]I am the [D/F#]Truth, embrac[Bm7]e Me and you'[A]ll understan[G]d.
And [D]I am the [D/F#]Light and for[D/C] Me, you'll live a[G]gain.
For [G]I a[A]m Lo[Bm]ve. I[G] am [A]Love[Bm]
[D]I--[Em]--I,[G] I a[A]m Lo[D]ve
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