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wow, this song is amazing. Please rate... Song: Deathbed Artist: Relient k Album: Five Score And Seven Years Ago
I can smell the death on Fthe sheets CoFvering me FI can't believe this F/Gis the end C
But thisC is my deathbeFd I lGie here aloAmne If I cClose my eyes tonight F I knGow I'll be home C
The yearC was nineteen forty one G I was eighBbt years old and Far, far too young F To knoCw that the stories Of battGles and glory Was a taleBb a kind mother Made up foFr her son
You see
CDad was a traveling preacher G BbTeaching the words of the Teacher F My mothCer had sworn he Went off Gto the war And diedBb there with honor Somewhere oFn a beach there But he leftAm once to never return Ab Which taughtC/G me that I should unlearn D/F# Whatever FI thought a father should Cbe I abandEboned that thought Like he abandoD/F#ned me
By forDty seven I was fourteen A/C# I'd acquirCed a taste for liquor and nicotine G I smoBbked until I threw up D/A Yet I still lit 'em up A For thirAbty more years G Like a machineD
So rigFht there you have it C That one Ffilthy habit C Is what got F/Dme where I am todaCy G
I can smell the death on tFhe sheets Covering me I can't believe this iF/Gs the end C G I can hear those sad memoriFes
Still haunting me So many things
F/GI'd do agCain G But thiCs is my deathbed F I Glie here aloAmne If I cloCse my eyes tonight F I knoGw I'll be home C
I got marriCed on my twenty first G EBbight months before my wife would givFe birth It's eaCsier to be sure you love someonGe When her father iBbnquires with the barrel of a gun F The unioAmn was far from harmonious E/Ab No two people C/Gcould have been more alone than us D/F# The yearFs would go by and she'd love someone else C And I realizeEbd I hadn't been loved yet myD/F#self
From there Dit's your typical spiel A Yeah if lifeC was a highway I was drunGk at the wheel I was seeiBbng the loose ends D/AAll fall apart Yeah I swear AI was destined toAb fail G And failF# from the start D
I boFwled about six times a week C The botFtle of Beam kept the memories from me C The marriaFge had taken a seven-ten split C And alonF/Dg with my pride the eCx-wife took the kidGs
I can smell the death on tFhe sheets Covering me I can't believe this iF/Gs the end C G I can hear those sad memoriFes
Still haunting me So many things
F/GI'd do aCgain G But thisC is my deathbed F I Glie here aloAmne If I clCose my eyes tonight F I knoGw I'll be home C
I was so sCcared of Jesus But HG/De sought me out Like the canceBbr in my lungs That's killiFng me now And I've givenC up hope On the days G/DI have left But I clinBbg to the hope Of my lifeF in the next Then JesusAm showed up Said, &quE/Abot;Before we go up I tC/Ghought that we might reminisce D/F# See one night iFn your life When you turned outC the light You asked fEbor and prayed for my forgiveness" D
You cried wolf D The teaBmrs they soaked your fur A The blooGd dripped from your fangs Em You saidD, "What have I done'&quAot; You loved that Lamb Em With everyD sinful bone Bm And there yAou wept alone GYour hearEmt was so contrite A
You said, "JesuEms, please forgive me of mDy crimes G EmSanctify this witheredD heart of mine G EmStay with me until my Dlife is through G And on Emthat day please take me home withD you" G
I can smell the death on the sGheets Covering me I can't believe this is the end D A I can hear You whisper to me, G
"It's time to leave
You'll never be lonely again&G/Bbquot; D A But thisD was my deathbed G I diAed there alone Bm When I closed my Deyes tonight G You carried Ame home G/D D
During the instrumental, its all : G D [Jon Foreman of Switchfoot sings] D F#/D I am the Way
Follow Me Bm And take My hand G A D F#/D And I am the Truth EmbraceBm Me and you'll understaAnd G D F#/D And I am the Light And for Me you'Cll live again G For I GamA Love Bm GI Aam LoBmve D/F#I, G G A ID am Love
That's it...please rate!!