The Felice Brothers – Be At Rest (Guitar)

       B
Mister Felice, six foot tall

    Cm
One hundred and forty-eight pounds

     Dm                           Eb
Soft teeth, sleep deprived, below average student

         B
Owner of two ill-fitting suits

Cm
Wearer of hand me downs

    Dm
Often lukewarm, and withdrawn

Eb
Bathrobe often loosely tied

       B       F       Gm          Eb
(Be at rest my friend) Be at rest

      B
Never once named employee of the month

Cm
Lover of twenty-four hour laundromats

Dm
Avoider of eye contact

           Eb
Avoider of blood drives

       B       F       Gm          Eb
(Be at rest my friend) Be at rest

B
Worked every night club in America

Cm
     Had a fear of falling pianos

Dm                                    Eb
     Now exists in the interval between being and illusion

                   Dm
In the saddle of a phosphorous horse

            Eb
A patron of snow cone carts

     Dm
Semi proficient at long division

                Gm                                Eb     F            Gm      Eb
Once spent over two months stuck in a painting by Bruegel the Elder

Gm
   The hearse has been cleaned and polished

Eb
   His body has been prepared for entombment

B                       F
   The guest book left open

                   Eb         F
The funeral parlor pillows

               Gm    Eb
Have been fluffed

         B
To his son he leaves a cloudless sky

Cm
   One pair of ill-fitting shoes

Dm                      Eb
   To his wife a box of undeveloped negatives

          B   F
And a bowl of onion soup

     Gm        Eb
From dreams to dust