Capo: 2nd fret C5 G5 F5 And I?m a go make my bed C5 Tuck in the other side G5 F5 These confessions are mine C5 But I?ll not claim a word C5 This restless parade F5 Yes I watched it go by C5 Through the cracks in my palm G5 Seen them all gone C5 Some sequence of lives C5 Well she calls out alone F5 With the pain in her voice C5 It?s the wound of betrayal G5 It?s the weapon of choice C5 Left her heart on display F5 Though that she?ll deny C5 Two tattoos of skin G5 One of ice one of tin C5 C5 For the days have gone by A5 F5 C5 But I ain?t one to reminisce A5 F5 C5 G5 But close my heart and clench my fists C5 Now the days swiftly pass F5 With the chest full of fear C5 Here the minutes are hours G5 But the moments are years C5 And old acquaintances passed F5 In trios, in pairs C5 And if they stay or they go G5 One struggles to know C5 C5 One struggles to care A5 F5 C5 But out beyond the Ten Tree walls A5 F5 C5 The wind blows hard the highway crawls A5 F5 C5 G5 And if you should pass the James Hotel A5 C5 G5 F5 Please stop in for I knew you well A5 F5 C5 But that was oh so long ago A5 F5 C5 G5 And I never learned how to let go C5 But when you fear your own faults F5 And you?re sick of this life C5 When you?re reckless of hand G5 And trembling the knife C5 And all your doors prefer locks F5 And your death prefers spoons C5 G5 Why wouldn?t you wait one last laugh at fate C5 C5 Forever?s too soon A5 F5 C5 But across the field death bell knells A5 F5 C5 Listen close hear the toll tell A5 F5 C5 G5 To run and tell my darling true A5 C5 My breath is short G5 F5 My days are few A5 G5 So please come down F5 G5 And take my hand A5 G5 My last demand A5 F5 C5 And lead me to some slender rest A5 F5 C5 G5 And please dismiss what I confess Outro: C5 F5 C5 G5 A5 F5 C5 G5 A5 C5 G5 F5 A5 G5 F5 G5 A5 G5 A5 F5 C5 A5 F5 C5 G5 C5
