Intro
D# strum riff Cm 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]
D#
A# dispatch from the icy mist,
Cm
two rosy cheeks that I once kissed.
A*
You'll see me go
D#
My head's already out the door,
Cm
thinking a month out maybe more.
A* Fm7
and few would follow
G#
somewhere a violin bows and a rock a rolls
D# Cm
D#
Prison boxing got to me
Cm
the toughest fights you rarely see
A*
beyond the bars
D#
and all the fists and gloves
Cm
a cruising waits with eyes swelled shut
A* Fm7
and look at them
G#
no one wins
[Chorus]
D# (piano)
till my friends say
D#
"how are you?
G# D# A# Fm7 A#
It's been too many years."
A# D# G#
And I say, with purity and candor,
D# A# Fm7 A#
"I've missed you."
D# riff Cm A*
D# riff Cm A*
[Verse 2]
D#
So bring your poppies home to us
Cm
forget the roses, buttercup.
A*
There'll be no need.
D#
We'll plant on robot row and
Cm
promise in the ground below,
A* Fm7
That there will be more.
G#
So swing wide the doors
G#
and not yet bury that I'm ready for.
D#
I won't press you in a book,
Cm
a flat brown shell of what you were.
A*
I'll never need another look.
D#
Cause I'm not proud, I'm not ashamed,
Cm
I'm not at risk of forgetting your name.
A* Fm7
You are an ending.
G#
I found some peace in
[Chorus]
D(piano)
and when all my friends say
D#
"how are you?
G# D# A# Fm7 A#
It's been too many years."
A# D# G#
And I say, with purity and candor,
D# A# Fm7 A#
"I've missed you."
[Outro]
D# strum riff Cm 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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