J Church
"Alone when She Dies"
The Drama of Alienation

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intro: C E A C7 F G F E D C

   C (x32010@1)        	   E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)name="chord_x32310@1">C7                      FIf (133211@1)I could have any expectations and looked back a generation,
G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)name="chord_022100@1">E D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
what would be the case?
   C (x32010@1)	     E (022100@1)             AMy (x02220@1)grandmother died with the mind of a child
C7 (x32310@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)	 F (133211@1)name="chord_022100@1">E D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
All she did was smile and couldn't recognize my face.

F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)    		 CIt's (x32010@1)sad but nothing more.
			     F (133211@1)  G (320003@1)           CI (x32010@1)didn't feel better than the time I did before.
F (133211@1) G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)            Bb (x1333x@1)           AAnd (x02220@1)in my head the feeling's coming, coming closer, closer all the time.
GStronger (320003@1)though sublime.
C (x32010@1) C/B (x2555x@1)    A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)   Ab (xx1114@1)       CNow (x32010@1)feel the rain wash away the sin and guilt of what's left.
C (x32010@1) C/B (x2555x@1) A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1)              F (133211@1)  Ab (xx1114@1)     CMy (x32010@1)window pane...I write her name in the steam from my breath.

C (x32010@1)name="chord_022100@1">E A (x02220@1)name="chord_x32310@1">C7 F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G F (133211@1)name="chord_022100@1">E D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C

C (x32010@1)           E (022100@1)              A (x02220@1)  C7 (x32310@1)               FMy (133211@1)grandmother on my mom's side was alone when she died,
    G (320003@1)   F (133211@1)name="chord_022100@1">E D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
her family moved away.
C (x32010@1)E (022100@1)   A (x02220@1)      C7 (x32310@1)      F (133211@1) GWho's (320003@1)to say my mom's not the same? Living across the USA.
                  F (133211@1)name="chord_022100@1">E D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
Getting old and gray.


F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)    		 CIt's (x32010@1)sad but nothing more.
			     F (133211@1)  G (320003@1)           CI (x32010@1)didn't feel better than the time I did before.
F (133211@1) G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)            Bb (x1333x@1)           AAnd (x02220@1)in my head the feeling's coming, coming closer, closer all the time.
GStronger (320003@1)though sublime.
C (x32010@1) C/B (x2555x@1)    A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)   Ab (xx1114@1)       CNow (x32010@1)feel the rain wash away the sin and guilt of what's left.
C (x32010@1) C/B (x2555x@1) A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1)              F (133211@1)  Ab (xx1114@1)     CMy (x32010@1)window pane...I write her name in the steam from my breath.