Standard Tuning G Farewell to Ed Em For Ed is dead C The careless boy D Laid to rest G A velvet floor Em To place his head C An empty bed D A wooden chest Em D Still beautiful in death C G The moisture fogs my breath Em D Two hundred lowered eyes C G A hundred mute goodbyes Em D I never thought your threats would come good Em D You never did what you said you would G Your mum and dad Em They look so old C All huddled up D In inky cloth G I?m not surprised Em This room is cold C It?s empty too D It?s stinks of loss Em D I sat with Dan and drank some beer C G We hadn?t spoken since last year Em D I took his hand, led him upstairs C G Silently drew his body near Em D I couldn?t see, missed you so much C G Missed you so much I had to fuck Em D Between your sheets all childhood clean C G The pillows painted with your dreams Em D I didn?t want to stop and think Em D How I should have said a thousand things, yeah but hey G Like we agreed Em I will be brave C I will pour whisky D On your grave G Smoke cigarettes Em Amongst the stones C Sprinkle champagne D Upon your bones Em D If burial restricts your view C G I?ll bring the city here to you Em D I?ll pack the river and the clock C G Wrap it into a picnic box Em G With golden bows and crystal mugs C D My dancing heels will feel the mud Em G We?ll disco boogie until the dawn C D I?ll teach this village how to mourn (Ahhs) Em D C G (I think?) G My living room Em In future time C You?re just a face D Above my fire G A funeral sound Em A distant chime C I?ll think of this D And I will cry Em G Perhaps I?ll drop my task C D The sound of shattered glass Em G Thought I forgot at last C D Some things just never pass Em Easy to say D Hard to believe C There?ll come a day G That I don?t grieve Em Until the time D My body leaves C I will regret G That you don?t breath