Relient K – Deathbed (Guitar)
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Song: Deathbed
Artist: Relient K
Album: Five Score And Seven Years Ago
[Chorus 1]
F I can smell the death on the sheets, covering me F C G I can't believe this is the end C F G Am But this is my deathbed, I lie here alone C F If I close my eyes tonight G C I know I'll be home
[Verse 1]
C Gm The year was nineteen forty one Bb F I was eight years old and far, far too young C Gm To know that the stories, of battles and glory Bb F Was a tale a kind mother made up for her son, You see C Gm Dad was a traveling preacher Bb F Teaching the words of the Teacher C Gm And mother had sworn he went off to the war Bb F And died there with honor, somewhere on a beach there Am E/G# But he left once to never return C/G D/F# Which taught me that I should unlearn F C Whatever I thought a father should be Eb D/F# I abandoned that thought like he abandoned me D A/C# By forty seven I was fourteen C G I'd acquired a taste for liquor and nicotine Gm D/A I smoked until I threw up A A/G# A/G Yeah, I still lit 'em up for thirty more years D Like a machine F C So right there you have it F C That one filthy habit F/D C G Is what got me where I am today
[Chorus 2]
F I can smell the death on the sheets, covering me F C G I can't believe this is the end F I can hear those sad memories, still haunting me F C G So many things, I'd do again C F G Am But this is my deathbed, I lie here alone C F If I close my eyes tonight G C I know I'll be home
[Verse 2]
C Gm I got married on my twenty first Bb F Eight months before my wife would give birth C Gm It's easier to be sure you love someone Bb F When her father inquires with the barrel of a gun Am E/G# The union was far from harmonious C/G D/F# No two people could have been more alone than us F C The years would go by and she'd love someone else Eb D/F# And I realized I hadn't been loved yet myself D A From there it's your typical spiel C G Yeah if life was a highway, I was drunk at the wheel Gm D/A I was helping the loose ends, all fall apart A A/G# A/G Yeah, I swear I was destined to fail D fail from the start F C I bowled about six times a week F C The bottle of Beam kept the memories from me F C My marriage had taken a seven-ten split F/D C G And along with my pride the ex-wife took the kids
[Chorus 3]
F I can smell the death on the sheets, covering me F C G I can't believe this is the end F I can hear those sad memories, still haunting me F C G So many things, I'd do again C F G Am But this is my deathbed, I lie here alone C F If I close my eyes tonight G C I know I'll be home
[Verse 3]
C Gm I was so scared of Jesus, but He sought me out Bb F Like the cancer in my lungs that's killing me now C Gm And I've given up hope on the days I have left Bb F But I cling to the hope of my life in the next Am E/G# Then Jesus showed up, said "Before we go up C/G D/F# I thought that we might reminisce F C See one night in your life, when you turned out the light Eb D You asked for and prayed for my forgiveness" D Bm A You cried wolf, the tears they soaked your fur G Em The blood dripped from your fangs D A You said "What have I done?" Em D Bm You loved that Lamb, with every sinful bone A G And there you wept alone Em A Your heart was so contrite Em D G You said, "Jesus, please forgive me of my crimes Em D G Sanctify this withered heart of mine Em D G Stay with me until my life is through Em D G And on that day please take me home with you"
[Chorus 4]
G I can smell the death on the sheets, covering me D A I can't believe this is the end G I can hear You whisper to me "It's time to leave G/Bb D A You'll never be lonely again" D G A Bm But this was my deathbed, I died there alone D G When I closed my eyes tonight A G/D D You carried me home
[Instrumental]
G/D D x8ish
[Ending]
D D/F# Bm7 Gadd9 Asus4 I am the Way, follow Me and take My hand D D/F# Bm7 A Gadd9 And I am the Truth, embrace Me and you'll understand D D/F# C G And I am the Light, and for Me you'll live again G A Bm For I am Love G A Bm I am Love D Em7 Gmaj7 A D I I am Love