Dashboard Confessional – Slow Decay (Guitar)

F#
Stand down, son

G#
And start resting easy

A#m
You’ve done your service

      B
I am proud to have you home and see you safe

           F
You looked so strong

        F#
In that picture on the mantle

              G#
You sent your mom when you were gone

               A#m
But you looked scared now

B          D#m                    F
Hollow eyed, when are you coming?

F#                    F#m
Back where you belong

                            D#m
I swear that it’s safe here

                           B
There’s nothing to fear at all

        F#
Come on back

             F#m
Where you belong

                   D#m
The pressure releases

                          B
If you just let down your guard

F#                  G#
Everything rests on you

              A#m
You know that feelin' well

            B
The ball is fallin', fallin', fallin'

D#m           F
So far from a close call

     F#
Your injuries aren’t mortal wounds

    G#                G#m
The only thing that’s killin' you

   A#m
Is what you saw

             B
And what you couldn’t stop

                     D#m
Well, you’re not the one I blame

          F
It wasn’t your mistake

           A#   F#     C#
But you're safe now so come home

F#                F#m
Back where you belong

                            D#m
I swear that it’s safe here

                           B
There’s nothing to fear at all

        F#
Come on back

             F#m
Where you belong

                   D#m
The pressure releases

                          B
If you just let down your guard

     D#m
It’s simple things, dad

A#
I’m not hurt, I’m not dead

              F#
I just should be

                     F#m
Where my friends are lying

      G#m
And I didn’t hate

             Bm
Those that I killed

                         E
But they’re all dead now

                             C#m
And I’m here alive with satellites

             A                        F#m
And Friday nights and no one to judge me

       G                        A
Or the things that I’ve done at all

                  F#m  F#
So how can I live with that?

F#              F#m
Back where I belong

D#m             B   D
Back where I belong

F#
Back where I belong

D#m             B
Back where I belong

        F#
Take me back where I belong

                           D#m
You swear that it’s safe here

                            B
There is nothing to fear at all

        F#              F#m
Take me back where I belong

                   D#m
The pressure releases

                     B
If I just let down my guard