Intro
E strum riff C#m strum A*
e|2----2----------2p0------|--2---------------2------|
B|-----3------2h3----3p2p0-|--3---------------2------|
G|-----2-------------------|--4---------------2------|
D|-----0-------------------|--4---------------2------|
A|-------------------------|--2----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------| x2
[Verse 1]
E
B dispatch from the icy mist,
C#m
two rosy cheeks that I once kissed.
A*
You'll see me go
E
My head's already out the door,
C#m
thinking a month out maybe more.
A* F#m7
and few would follow
A
somewhere a violin bows and a rock a rolls
E C#m
E
Prison boxing got to me
C#m
the toughest fights you rarely see
A*
beyond the bars
E
and all the fists and gloves
C#m
a cruising waits with eyes swelled shut
A* F#m7
and look at them
A
no one wins
[Chorus]
E (piano)
till my friends say
E
"how are you?
A E B F#m7 B
It's been too many years."
B E A
And I say, with purity and candor,
E B F#m7 B
"I've missed you."
E riff C#m A*
E riff C#m A*
[Verse 2]
E
So bring your poppies home to us
C#m
forget the roses, buttercup.
A*
There'll be no need.
E
We'll plant on robot row and
C#m
promise in the ground below,
A* F#m7
That there will be more.
A
So swing wide the doors
A
and not yet bury that I'm ready for.
E
I won't press you in a book,
C#m
a flat brown shell of what you were.
A*
I'll never need another look.
E
Cause I'm not proud, I'm not ashamed,
C#m
I'm not at risk of forgetting your name.
A* F#m7
You are an ending.
A
I found some peace in
[Chorus]
D(piano)
and when all my friends say
E
"how are you?
A E B F#m7 B
It's been too many years."
B E A
And I say, with purity and candor,
E B F#m7 B
"I've missed you."
[Outro]
E strum riff C#m strum A*
e|2----2----------2p0------|--2---------------2------|--2--2-------------------|
B|-----3------2h3----3p2p0-|--3---------------2------|--2--3-------------------|
G|-----2-------------------|--4---------------2------|--2--2-------------------|
D|-----0-------------------|--4---------------2------|--0--0-------------------|
A|-------------------------|--2----------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
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