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