Misc Originals – David Warmke - Nancy Warmke (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
G         C              D          G
I took my sister to the coast last week

G           D           C                       G
We go to South Padre Island and my boat in the bay

G          C               D
We always stay in a nice place

G       C            G
Never long only 3 days
[Verse 2]
G             C               D
The drive is long 5 hours usually

G             E                 G
She is on dialysis had been for years

G           C            D
We never have to stop to pee

G      C        G
She loves the coast
[Verse 3]
G           C                   D          G
Now an old 78 she came to live with me in 14

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She was in a hospital Houston fetal wanting to die

G            C                D
She taught Sunday School 50 years

G            C              D
Worked for one CAP almost as long
[Verse 4]
G             C                D
She took care of my mom since 88

G      D        C    G
She  married never dated

G      C       D
I never knew why

G              C                        G
Gave her the house in 2005 when mom died
[Verse 5]
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She was ready to retire

G            D          C    G
Got her a dog and she laid low

G                       C       D
Went bankrupt and was ready to die

G      C     G
That was in 14
[Verse 6]
G       C           D       G
I brought her to live with me

G D                 C             G
Her health was faIling in many ways

G             C                 D
Each night she would lay and grown

G           C           G
Dozens s of trips to the ER
[Verse 7]
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It was always something heart diabetes or kidney

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Each  night I prayed for her

G      C           D
She always liked that

G             C                   G
This time prayed for daemons to leave
[Verse 8]
G    C    D     G
My hand on her back

G         D         C             G
Immediately as I prayed she undulated

G                   C                   D
Lot like softball under the skin moving about

G                 C                       G
I kept my eyes  closed, I did not want to see.
[Verse 9]
G        C              D            G
When I was done she thanked me as usual;

G                 D       C         G
But said next time don’t press so hard

G          C           D
I was only lightly touching

G                  C                     G
Took a year but things eventually got better.
[Verse 10]
G        C          D         G
By 17 she was in assisted living

G       D       C        G
She was living life  again

G                      C                             D
Socializing, Trips to Walmart , reading to first graders

G    C     G
Then Covid hit
[Verse 11]
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Isolated was she and suddenly full of back pain

G       D     C     G
Part of a lung removed

G           C                D
In ICU for 6 days then Eden Rehab

G                C                         G
Listening to me and my guitar learning to sing
[Qutro]
G      C        D       G
She loved I saw the light

G       D       C          G
On June 27 she saw it for real

G               C                      D
While singing and playing I pulled the plug

G                 C                         G
Now I take her to the coast for the last time

G                      C                   G
Her ashes now on the beach but her spirit with

Em  C    D     G
Jesus in Heaven.

G                      C                   G
Her ashes now on the beach but her spirit with

Em  C    D     G
Jesus in Heaven.