TUNING: C# Standard (Down a Step and a Half) Tab by: Brodie Widdifield NOTE: Listen for the changing in Em/Esus2, it changes more then once each time. Also, the verses, the bass plays a D after each Em chord, transcending into the C, but the doesn?t always. Intro: C G Em/E9 C G Em/E9 D x3 C G Em/E9 It?s no wonder I?ve felt so tired C G Em/E9 D5 I?ve witnessed the careless all running past me C G Em/E9 While I?ve been told to ignore my desires C G Em/E9 D5 And grow numb with understanding Am I walk through theses woods G I carry this deadwood Am G D I am determined to see this through Am G Driven only by the guilt and the shame of giving up Am G D I must complete what I set out to do - For you C G Em/E9 It stayed on a shelf made of my arms C G Em/E9 D5 They had grown strong from giving support C G Em/E9 I knew that my arms could hold out forever C G Em/E9 It was my mind that?d grow tired Am G It?s been so long since I have questioned Am G D What it is that I really want Am G Instead I follow your directions Am G As you lead me on D C I can?t use it to build my home Em D C D It will not fulfill my desires Em D C D Some wood can be used to help build a life Em D C D Em This wood will be used for building a fire Em D5 C9 D9 Em E9 Em Why carry this deadwood with me? E9 Em ?when were I?m going there will be living trees C B5 C B5 A5 B5 Now close enough to carry it all to the end C D5 But throwing it all to the ground instead Solo: Em D C5 C5/B C5/A Em This bundle of deadwood D The pieces they fall C5 C5/B Corners indent the soil and accumulate on one another C5/A Tumble down and pile up Em D It awkwardly spills like myself at a time C5 Like the time it had killed C5/B C5/A Like every moment after it was collected and held Bm D A E I?d give up all that I started Bm D A E To pursue all that I wanted Bm D A E I may arrive empty handed Bm D A E But at least I will arrive