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Tuned down a half step

Intro: 
C Am (x2)

Cmy (x32010@1)feet plow on from light to dawn 
               Ammy (x02210@1)empty belly and my body aches ain't hard to take 
            G (320003@1)      Cnext (x32010@1)to the weight I carry in my chest 
                                     Ama (x02210@1)pound of flesh could never tip the scale that I've made 
                                G (320003@1)       FI (133211@1)should have stayed, but I was never wise 
                   G (320003@1)                       AmI (x02210@1)hear your voices in the wind that cuts the night
      F (133211@1)                 G (320003@1)                             Cand (x32010@1)I pray to whatever is listening things will be alright

Amoh, (x02210@1)my boy, you're alive
                   Gyour (320003@1)heart's still beating 
   C (x32010@1)                       Amso (x02210@1)don't you mind, don't you mind 
             Gwe (320003@1)all drift sometimes

F (133211@1)                   G (320003@1)                      AmI (x02210@1)can still hear your feet as you ran from the house
            F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)but knowing you won't be back, 
        Am (x02210@1)                  Emdoesn't (022000@1)mean that I will stop waiting 
F (133211@1)                       G (320003@1)                       Am (x02210@1)              
you told me then: Hold me down or hold me up to the fire, 
              F (133211@1)          Gbut (320003@1)don't you dare hold me back.

Interlude:
C Am [quick G] (x2)

F (133211@1)              G (320003@1)                         AmI (x02210@1)see your faces in the clouds that scar the night 
      F (133211@1)                G (320003@1)                             C (x32010@1)             
and I pray to whoever is listening things will be alright

Am (x02210@1)                    Gthen (320003@1)today I wake up feeling easy, 
         C (x32010@1)                      Fand (133211@1)find I'm on the more familiar roads 
        Am (x02210@1)             GI (320003@1)got a darkness wrapped inside me, 
           C (x32010@1)                     Fbut (133211@1)now it ain't so hard to let it go
   Am (x02210@1)                         Gso (320003@1)keep a candle burning in the window, 
           CI'm (x32010@1)almost home

-Ben Malley