La Dispute - Last blues

^Am My precious wife, ^Em I am in shambles ^F I am crumbling, I am ^Am Was it something I ^Emdid that bid the tide to ^Fclimb so high that it ripped our shore up ^Am I can fix it, ^Em I swear, ^F If you trust me. I am old ^Am and I am rusting ^Em but I care ^F I care

^Am My ^Emprecious wife,^F we made a promise, ^{Am Em}Pledged our ^Fflesh to be one ^Am How ^Emcan you ^Fdoubt a love that ^Amstood so ^Emproud as we ^Fraised our children'

^{Am Em}I believe in ^F it still ^{Am Em}It has faltered ^F and it is failing ^Am But ^EmI know ^F it's there ^{Am Em}It's there ^F and how it changed

^Cm The ^Gmway you ^Bbthought of me How ^Cmstrange to ^Gmthink we ^Fonce were lovers ^Cm Now we've ^Gmwrapped the ^Bbpast up in broken glass ^Cm And ^Gmwhen you ^Fspeak my name you ^Cmshudder. My ^Gmprecious wife^Bb, believe I'll save this ^{Cm Gm}I'll revive it, ^F I will ^Cm We've ^Gmbuilt a ^Bbfamily from this ^Cmmarriage. ^{Gm F}Why would you tear it apart' F

^AmSpeak now, precious. Your silence screams. You're giving in to your failure ^FHear me, that promise that you made was meant to keep for^Cever. Until we die,^Em you're not allo^Ewed to ^E7change your

^Ammind. Oh husband, I could not control it ^F Husband, I could not abstain ^C One cannot stop the wind from ^Emblowing nor re^Efuse the ^E7falling rain

^Am Love stirred up a storm in^Fside me. Wrapped its arms around my ^Cwaist. I failed you ^Emdear, I'm sorry, ^Eoh I'm ^E7sorry

^Am But there was nothing I could do ^F No, there was nothing I could do ^C Sure as the rain will fall, Some ^Emlove just ^Efails ^E7

^Am There was nothing I could do ^F There was nothing I could do ^C There was nothing I could do ^Em There was ^Enothing ^E7I could do Am