Tonart: C major•
Intro 1
F
F
F
F
C
C
G
Pre-chorus 1
F
I can smell the death on the sheets,
covering me
C
G
I can't believe this is the end
Chorus 1
C
F
But this is my deathbed,
G
Am
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 is 1941
Bb
F
I was 8 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 a son
C
Gm
You see, dad was a traveling preacher
Bb
F
Teaching the words of the teacher
C
Gm
Mother had sworn he went off to the war
Bb
And died there with honor,
F
somewhere on a beach there
Am
E
But he left once, to never return
C
D
Which taught me that I should unlearn
F
C
Whatever I thought a father should be
Cm
I abandoned that thought
By '47, I was fourteen
G
I'd acquired a taste for liquor and nicotine
Gm
D
A
I smoked until I threw up, yet I still lit 'em up
D
For thirty more years, like a machine
Bridge 1
F
C
So right there you have it,
F
C
that one filthy habit
Dm
C
G
Is what got me where I am today
Pre-chorus 2
F
I can smell the death on the sheets,
covering me
C
G
I can't believe this is the end
F
I can hear the sad memories still haunting me
C
G
So many things I'd do again
Chorus 2
C
F
But this is my deathbed,
G
Am
I lie here alone
C
F
If I close my eyes tonight,
G
C
I know I'll be home
Verse 2
C
Gm
Got married on my 21st
Bb
F
Eight months before my wife would give birth
C
Gm
It's easier to be sure you love someone
Bb
F
When a father inquires with the barrel of a gun
Am
E
The union was far from harmonious
C
No two people could've been
C
and she'd love someone else
Cm
D
And I realized I hadn't been loved yet myself
From there, it's your typical spiel
Yeah, if life was a highway,
G
I was drunk at the wheel
Gm
D
I was helpin' the loose ends all fall apart
A
Yeah, I swear I was destined to fail
D
and fail from the start
Bridge 2
F
C
I bowled about 6 times a week
F
C
A bottle of Beam kept the memories from me
F
C
Our marriage had taken a 7-10 split
Dm
C
And along with my pride,
G
the ex-wife took the kids
Pre-chorus 3
F
I can smell the death on the sheets,
covering me
C
G
I can't believe this is the end
F
I can hear those sad memories
still haunting me
C
G
So many things I'd do again
Chorus 3
C
F
But this is my deathbed,
G
Am
I lie here alone (lie here)
C
F
If I close my eyes tonight,
G
C
I know I'll be home
Verse 3
C
I was so scared of Jesus
Gm
but he sought me out
Bb
F
Like the cancer in my lungs, it'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
Well, then Jesus showed up, said,
C
D
I thought that we might reminisce
F
See one night in your life,
C
when you've turned out the lights
Cm
D
You asked for and prayed for my forgiveness"
Bridge 3
Bm
A
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
You said, "Jesus, please
D
G
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
D
G
please take me home with you"
Pre-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
F#
D
A
You'll never be lonely again"
Chorus 4
D
G
But this was my deathbed,
A
Bm
I died there alone
D
G
When I closed my eyes tonight,
Interlude 1
G
G
D
D
(home)
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D
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Outro 1
Bm
G
A
follow me and take my hand
Bm
A
G
embrace me and you'll understand
Am
G
and for me, you'll live again
A
Bm
G
A
Bm
For I am love, I am love
D
Em
G
A
D
I, I am love
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