Verse: 
        E5                           C5 
Who can say just why all this happened 
             E5                            G5    D5 
They?d been friends almost all of their of their lives 
        E5                  C5       
Sharing all that they had no matter the cost 
          G5             D5          E5 
But one chose to be selfish this time 
                         C5 
You see the other contracted a sickness  
       E5                        G5   D5 
All the doctors just threw up their hands 
               E5                 C5 
His life was ticking away but his friend just stood by 
        G5          D5       E5 
Like a spectator up in the stands 
          E5                     C5        
What was crazy was he had the answer 
     E5                         G5   D5 
To remove all his brother?s disease 
         E5                 C5                            G5        
But he folded his arms and talked of old times while his best friend  
D5             E5 
died without peace 
 
Chorus: 
           G5              C5 
Well he?s keeping the cure  
   A5                    E5 
So afraid that a little might spill 
           G5 
Well he?s sure glad he?s got it but he?s too busy to share 
      C5                      A5 
and at least he won?t die like they will 
           A5              C5            E5       (repeat Verse intro) 
Well he?s keeping the cure... in his pocket   
 
Verse: 
        E5                  C5 
You see he?d also been sick earlier 
        E5                  G5  D5 
To the sickness he?d become a slave 
        E5                   C5 
But one came to his aid with solutions in hand  
       G5              D5            E5 
He was rescued from the sting of the grave 
                              C5 
In the first month he?d told all his buddies 
            E5                  G5  D5 
Of the wonderful cure he had found 
       E5                C5 
But it became routine and few shared his joy 
      G5            D5       E5 
So his excitement made less of a sound 
      E5                       C5 
Well he realized more people were dying 
        E5                        G5    D5 
From the plague for which he had the cure 
      E5                        C5       
But he wasn?t a salesman, and they?d think he?d impose 
          G5           D5          E5 
And they?d probably seen it before 
 
(Chorus)