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Deathbed K. Relient
I can smell the [F]death on the sheets, covering me
I can't believe this is the e[C]nd [G]
Chorus:
But [C]this is my [F]deathbed I [G]lie here a[Am]lone
If I c[C]lose my eyes [F]tonight I [G]know I'll be [C]home
Verse 1:
The [C]year was nineteen forty [Gm]one I was
[Bb]Eight years old and Far far too y[F]oung
To [C]know that the stories Of [Gm]battles and glory
Was a [Bb]tale a kind mother made [F]up for her son You see
[C]Dad was a traveling [Gm]preacher
[Bb]Teaching the words of the [F]Teacher
But [C]mother had sworn went [Gm]off to the war
And [Bb]died there with honor [F]somewhere on a beach there
But he [Am]left once to never [A/G#]return
Which [C/G]taught me that I should [D/F#]unlearn
[Fmaj7]Whatever I thought a [C/E]father should be
I [Cm]abandoned that thought Like he [D]abandoned me
By [D]forty seven I was [D/C#]fourteen
I'd [D/C]acquired a taste for liquor and [G/B]nicotine
[Gm/B]I smoked until I thre[D/A]w up
Yet I still lit 'em [A]up for [A/G#]thirty more [A/G]years Like a m[D/F#]achine
So [Fmaj7]right there you have [C]it
That [Fmaj7]one filthy habit[C]
Is what [Dm]got me where [C]I am to[G]day
Intro:
I can smell the [Fmaj7]death on the sheets Covering me
I can't believe this is the [C]end [G]
FamJ7
I can hear those sad memories Still haunting me
So many things I'd do a[C]gain [G]
Chorus:
But [C]this is my d[F]eathbed I [G]lie here [Am]alone
If I c[C]lose my eyes to[F]night I [G]know I'll be [C]home
Verse 2:
I got [C]married on my twenty [Gm]first
[Bb]Eight months before my [F]wife would 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 h[Gm/Bb]elping the loose ends[D/A] All fall apart
Yeah I [A]swear I was d[A/G#]estined to [A/G]fail And fail from the [D/F#]start
I [Fmaj7]bowled about six times a [C]week
The [Fmaj7]bottle of Beam kept the [C]memories from me
The [Fmaj7]marriage had taken a s[C]even-ten split
[Dm]Along with my [C]pride the ex-[G]wife took the kids
Intro:
I can smell the [F]death on the sheets covering me
I can't believe this is the [G]end [C]
I can hear those [F]sad memories still haunting me so many things
I'd do a[G]gain [C]
Chorus:
But [C]this is my d[F]eathbed I [G]lie here [Am]alone
If I [C]close my eyes [F]tonight
I [G]know I'll be [C]home
Verse 3:
I was [C]so scared of Jesus but [Gm]He 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/G#]Before we go"
"I [A/G]thought that we might rem[D/F#]inisce"
"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"
Bridge:
You cried [D]wolf The [Bm]tears they soaked your [A]fur
The [G5]blood dripped from your f[Em7]angs
You [D]said, "What have I [A]done?"
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
[Em7]Sanctify this w[D]ithered heart of [G5]mine
[Em]Stay with me u[D]ntil my life is th[G5]rough
And[Em7] on that day please [D]take me home with [G5]you"
Intro:
I can smell the d[G5]eath on the sheets covering me
I can't believe this is the [D]end [A]
I can hear You [G5]whisper to me, "It's time to leave
You'll never be l[Bb]onely ag[D]ain" [A]
Chorus:
But [D]this was my d[G5]eathbed I [A]died there [Bm]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]I am the [D/F#]Way follow [Bm7]Me and take My h[G]and [A]
And [D]I am the [D/F#]Truth, emb[Bm7]race Me and y[A]ou'll unders[G]tand
And [D]I am the [D/F#]Light and for[D/C] Me you'll live ag[G]ain
For [G]I [A]am [Bm]Love [G]I a[A]m L[Bm]ove
[D]I---[Em]-I , [G]I [A]am [D]Love
That's it. Just use my chord chart and you'll do fine. Please rate! God Bless!
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