Intro
C strum riff Am strum A*
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[Verse 1]
C
G dispatch from the icy mist,
Am
two rosy cheeks that I once kissed.
A*
You'll see me go
C
My head's already out the door,
Am
thinking a month out maybe more.
A* Dm7
and few would follow
F
somewhere a violin bows and a rock a rolls
C Am
C
Prison boxing got to me
Am
the toughest fights you rarely see
A*
beyond the bars
C
and all the fists and gloves
Am
a cruising waits with eyes swelled shut
A* Dm7
and look at them
F
no one wins
[Chorus]
C (piano)
till my friends say
C
"how are you?
F C G Dm7 G
It's been too many years."
G C F
And I say, with purity and candor,
C G Dm7 G
"I've missed you."
C riff Am A*
C riff Am A*
[Verse 2]
C
So bring your poppies home to us
Am
forget the roses, buttercup.
A*
There'll be no need.
C
We'll plant on robot row and
Am
promise in the ground below,
A* Dm7
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,
Am
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,
Am
I'm not at risk of forgetting your name.
A* Dm7
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 Dm7 G
It's been too many years."
G C F
And I say, with purity and candor,
C G Dm7 G
"I've missed you."
[Outro]
C strum riff Am strum A*
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D|-----0-------------------|--4---------------2------|--0--0-------------------|
A|-------------------------|--2----------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
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