The Middle East - Blood

^Colder bro^Gther, restles^Ems soul, lie down ^{Am C}lie for a wh^Gile with your ear agai^Amnst the^Em earth ^C and you'll hear ^Cyour sister sle^Gep talkin^Emg say "your ^Chair is lo^Gng but not long eno^Emugh to reach ^Am home to me ^C but your beard ^Am someday might be" ^C

and she'll wake u^Amp in a cold sweat ^Emon the floor ^C next to a family^Am portrait drawn when^Em you were four ^C and beside ^Ama jar of two ce^Emnt coins that are no good no^Am more ^F she'll lay it aside^C

^Colder fat^Gher, weary^Em soul, you'll drive ^{Am C}back to the home y^Gou made on the^Am mountainside ^{Em C C}with that ugly^G, terribl^Eme thing those paper^Cs for divo^Grce ^Em and a lonely ring ^Am a lonely ring ^C sit on your porch ^Am and pluck your strings ^C

and you'll find ^Amsomebody you ^Emcan blame ^C and you'll follow ^Amthe creek that runs out into ^Emthe sea ^{C Am} and you'll fin^Fd the peace of the Lord. ^C

^Cgrandfathe^Gr, gentle ^Emsoul, you'll fly ^{Am C}over your life ^Gonce more bef^Amore you di^Eme ^{C C}since our grandma^G passed away ^Em you've waite^Cd for for^Gever and ^Ema day ^Am just to di^Ce and someday soon ^Am you will die ^C

it was the only ^Amwoman yo^Emu ever loved ^C that got burnt b^Amy the sun too often when she ^Emwas young ^C and the cancer^Am spread and it ran into her^Em body and her bloo^Emd ^F and there's nothing you can do about it now ^C