Intro: D Bm G
The Bm and G are played in quick succession, like the chords in the song. If you choose 
you could fingerpick the D to make it more like the actual song.

D (xx0232@1)                                Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
all the trees stood like skeletons
D (xx0232@1)                       Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
silhouettes of spilled ink
D (xx0232@1)                                  Bm (x24432@1)               Bsus2and (x24422@1)the snows fell in sheets and got wrapped around our feet
Bsus2 (x24422@1)                         Awe (x02220@1)built the fire evermore with winter beating at the door

Bm Bsus2

D (xx0232@1)                                Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
brother's eyes were getting heavier
D (xx0232@1)                          Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
his bony hands cold and white
D (xx0232@1)                                            Bm (x24432@1)         Bsus2and (x24422@1)I could hear his ragged breathing like the wind along a knife
Bsus2 (x24422@1)                      A (x02220@1)                        Gthere (320003@1)beside him through the night, in the hum of candlelight
Bsus2 (x24422@1)              DI (xx0232@1)no longer felt the time

D Bm Bsus2 A

Dbrother (xx0232@1)woke just after midnight
Bmand (x24432@1)he didn't make a sound
D (xx0232@1)                                                             Bmand (x24432@1)as he climbed from out of bed with severed rings around his head
Bsus2 (x24422@1)         A (x02220@1)       Dhis (xx0232@1)feet didn't touch the ground

GI (320003@1)could feel it then
Aa (x02220@1)tiny miracle
Bmso (x24432@1)I followed him
Dinto (xx0232@1)the woods
Gcrossed (320003@1)beneath the trees
A (x02220@1)        Bmbut (x24432@1)only I left my prints in tow
Dhe (xx0232@1)was afloat
Gfound (320003@1)a lonely tree
A (x02220@1)      Bmand (x24432@1)tied himself within its limbs
Dand (xx0232@1)he said to me these words:
G"don't (320003@1)you fear for me,
A (x02220@1)                        DI (xx0232@1)am where I'm supposed to be."

Dand (xx0232@1)when I woke he was gone
Gand (320003@1)I was wrapped in blankets on the lawn
Bm (x24432@1)                    Bsus2the (x24422@1)sky was blue and my skin matched the hue
Gand (320003@1)I could hear mother crying in your room
Afrom (x02220@1)here on out I wear this face for both of us

G A Bm G x2

D Bm G x2

Finish on D.