Tabbed based on this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P5czgRBmXs If it isn't 100% accurate, it's pretty close. Enjoy! C Am F C She came in the night on the ninth of October Am C F G C They looked me in my red eyes and said she won't last C Am F C We all knew that she should've slept until mid-December Am C F G C When it comes to the lot I have learned, I can't count on the cast F C That night a vision came F Am G At the same time both vivid and vague F Am Of a father looking on F Am G G As he burns to the ground the house that he made C Am F C When I woke, I had been slain in the spirit of reason Am C F G C Bap-tized in the rolling dark waters of doubt C Am F C 'Cause I'm told it's your will to withhold, but it feels like treason Am C F G C A rain cloud refusing to pour in a season of drought F C That night a vision came F Am G At the same time both vivid and vague F Am Of a father looking on F Am G G As he burns to the ground the house that he made F C And I heard him say Am C It was well on its way F Am Just look how it swayed A# F How it crumbled and caved F C/G Am C As the crimson glow of the fire caught his eye F Am C G I could tell he could hear, as well could I F C Am C That along with the crackle and growl of the fire F Am G Came a call quite small from inside-- G F Fm I'm in here alive C Am F C But now, a child is born, she is bent but not broken Am C F A spark, a seed and a sprout F7sus4 F A miracle or catastrophe Am C F This child who's orphaned her family
