A Welcome Vacation
By Julia Nunes

Standard tuning, Capo 5.

Chords used:
-in relation to capo

F--> 133211 (bar across 1st fret)
A7--> x02x2x
Bb7--> 113x3x
Bbm7--> 113x2x
Dm--> xxx231
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F
It's close to home by blood or block
  A7
I hate the bed, and I hate the dock
     Bb7
This loss of life is killing me
Bbm7
Effecting unexpectedly


    F
But what's one more yeah let me go
A7
Let me suffer nice and slow
    Bb7
The pack is watching patiently
Bbm7
Stand in line to wait and see


F                                A7
But that's the problem seeing it coming 
                     Dm     Bbm7
Does nothing till it comes
F                    A7    
We're deaf until the heavens
                Dm      Bbm7   
Are beating the drums


             F          A7         Dm
But it's too late, too late, and I don't know when it turned into 
F        A7            Dm
Fate, unavoidable so I better get prepared
F                            A7             Dm       Bbm7
It's too late, but i'll take ignorance over being so scared


(then pick A#m7 chord)
*tempo change*


F F Bb7 Bbm7

    F          F           Bb7
I'm not coming out of this box 
     Bbm7        F
Till everyone's forgotten me 
     F             Bb7     Bbm7   
This ought to be a welcome vacation
    F          F           Bb7 
I'm not coming out of this box 
     Bbm7           F
Till everyone's forgotten me  
   F                Bb7      Bbm7 
My thoughts will be secluded elation


*back to original tempo*


F A7 Bb7 Bbm7

F                                    A7                      
I'm starting to loose track of who's alive and who has passed 
Bb7                         Bbm7 
On and on and on, and who is here and who is gone
F                            A7                          Dm    Bbm7 
That's the problem seeing it coming, does nothing till it comes
F                    A7                      Dm    Bbm7   
We're deaf until the heavens are beating the drums
  

           F (once)
But it's too late.