Tonart: D major
Verse 1
D
Bbdim
Gm
Edim
Gm
D
C
I drove
D
over the white stone bridge.
C
D
It was a beautiful day for a ride.
Bm
G
One of those glorious mornings in May.
C#dim
F#m
The sun on the bay,
Bm
C
sparkling like diamonds.
D
I drove up to the white stone building,
C
D
I saw your mother and father outside.
Those dysfunctional people
Bm
G
I used to despise,
C#dim
F#m
Now the tears in their eyes,
Bm
D
glittered like diamonds
C
D
while my eyes were dry
G
A
you were not a part of my life really
Bm
G
I was not a part of your life
A
Bm
G
very much our roads went
F#m
Bm
C
and occasional days they would touch
C#dim
Bm
So why should it feel strange?
Nothing much should change
A
Bm
E
Now that you are gone
Gm
A
F#m
F
You are not a part of my life
Bb
A
D
Bb
Gm
And life goes on
D
C
Life goes on
There was a picture of
C
D
looking just like you did on TV.
Impossibly handsome,
Bm
G
too tan to be true,
A
C#dim
F#m
an d your eyes were so blue an
Bm
D
C
d clearer than diamonds.
D
C
There were no bruises or
C
D
There were no patches of skull in your hair
Bm
No hollow stare and no skeleton grin
G
C#dim
F#m
The bones through your skin
Bm
D
C
brittle as diamonds
D
As you struggled for air
G
A
But you were not a part of my life, really
Bm
G
So I tell myself this numbness
A
Bm
I feel isn't bad
G
A
Every day is so many for
F#m
Bm
C
If we grieved for them all we'd go mad
C#dim
F#
Bm
Best to keep con trol, just a little cold,
A
Bm
E
Edim
just a bit withdrawn.
Gm
Em
A
F#m
F
You're no longer part of this life,
Bb
A
Bbdim
B
Bm
B
and life goes on.
E
And we trooped out to the
pretty little grave
F#m
F#
Ebm
when the speeches were done
Abm
And we all mumbled some
Abdim
pretty little prayer
Db
Ebsus4
be neath the warm indifferent sun
Eb
Ab
And I wanted some callous politician,
Bb
Gm
Cm
or some cruel god I could blame.
Baug
and they don't seem to care,
Asus4
still I'm painfully aware,
A
D
Gm
D
I'm the same.
C
D
I drove back over the white stone bridge
We had some friends drop
C
D
ping by for a meal
Bm
And soon I was laughing
C#dim
F#m
Watching the yanks
Bm
stink up the diamond
D
C
But as the days and
C
D
I am amazed at how haunted I feel
Bm
Seems with this dry -eyed
A
C#dim
F#m
There's something I lose
Bm
C
Like a counterfeit diamond
G
And somewhere there's a part
A
Bm
of my life missing
G
Somewhere there's a piece of
A
Bm
my heart that you kept
D
G
I know more will die just like you
A
F#m
Bm
C
And what else can we do but accept?
C#dim
F#
Bm
Still I sing this song
D
just to say it feels all wrong
Edim
Gm
An d a slightly smaller part
F#m
F
Bb
D
of my life goes on
Gm
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