basic chords Capo: 2nd fret C G F And I’m a go make my bed C Tuck in the other side G F These confessions are mine C But I’ll not claim a word C This restless parade F Yes I watched it go by C Through the cracks in my palm G Seen them all gone C Some sequence of lives C Well she calls out alone F With the pain in her voice C It’s the wound of betrayal G It’s the weapon of choice C Left her heart on display F Though that she’ll deny C Two tattoos of skin G One of ice one of tin C C7 For the days have gone by Am F C But I ain’t one to reminisce Am F C G But close my heart and clench my fists C Now the days swiftly pass F With the chest full of fear C Here the minutes are hours G But the moments are years C And old acquaintances passed F In trios, in pairs C And if they stay or they go G One struggles to know C C7 One struggles to care Am F C But out beyond the Ten Tree walls Am F C The wind blows hard the highway crawls Am F C G And if you should pass the James Hotel Am C G F Please stop in for I knew you well Am F C But that was oh so long ago Am F C G And I never learned how to let go C But when you fear your own faults F And you’re sick of this life C When you’re reckless of hand G And trembling the knife C And all your doors prefer locks F And your death prefers spoons C G Why wouldn’t you wait one last laugh at fate C C7 Forever’s too soon Am F C But across the field death bell knells Am F C Listen close hear the toll tell Am F C G To run and tell my darling true Am C My breath is short G F My days are few Am G So please come down F G And take my hand Am G My last demand Am F C And lead me to some slender rest Am F C G And please dismiss what I confess Outro: C F C G Am F C G Am C G F Am G F G Am G Am F C Am F C G C