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