Standard Tuning

Verse: C Am Em F
Chorus: C Dm F F
Bridge: Dm G C F

C                  Am          Em
I give you all my body to take
         F
Take good damn care of it
C                    Am
The taste of salt and water
     Em           F
From my, from my shaking timid lips
C                    Am                  Em
I leave you all the things that I've seen
       F
In a box in a public space
C                  Am
So take it, all my memories
         Em
They're yours
         F
Hold them close to your face

Hold them close
Hold them close
Hold them close
Hold them close
Hold them close

C           Dm
Bring it back
          F
Bring it home

Show me mercy

I'm a horrible man
C       Dm
Stay tight
         F
Just don't go

Lay me down and hold my hand

(same as first verse)
I may never live to explain
How I was made for this bedroom
Feel my baby kicking my mouth
Through the skin of her mother
I pray you never hear my sore voice
You don't need to know what I've done
Just know that I am always around
We both share the same blood

(Chorus)
Bring it back
Bring it home
Show me mercy
I'm a horrible man
Stay tight
Just don't go
Lay me down and hold my hand

Dm              G
Deliver all my goodwill
                     C
And my goodwill to my mom
                       F
If I die the years before her

Just read this to my brother:
Dm              G
"Be the one to close my eyes
           C
Be the one not to cry
                        F
Laugh in my face when I die
                         Dm
I've lived one hell of a life
                          G
I've spent some odd years wishing I could share this with you"

(Chorus)
Bring it back
Bring it home
Show me mercy
I'm a horrible man
Stay tight
Just don't go
Lay me down and hold my hand
C Am Em F
Hold them close
Hold them close
Hold them close
Hold them close
Hold them close

(Chorus)
Bring it back
Bring it home
Show me mercy
I'm a horrible man
Stay tight
Just don't go
Lay me down and hold my hand

Bring it back
Bring it home
Show me mercy
I'm a horrible man
Stay tight
Just don't go
Lay me down and hold my hand