Intro
A strum riff F#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]
A
E dispatch from the icy mist,
F#m
two rosy cheeks that I once kissed.
A*
You'll see me go
A
My head's already out the door,
F#m
thinking a month out maybe more.
A* Bm7
and few would follow
D
somewhere a violin bows and a rock a rolls
A F#m
A
Prison boxing got to me
F#m
the toughest fights you rarely see
A*
beyond the bars
A
and all the fists and gloves
F#m
a cruising waits with eyes swelled shut
A* Bm7
and look at them
D
no one wins
[Chorus]
A (piano)
till my friends say
A
"how are you?
D A E Bm7 E
It's been too many years."
E A D
And I say, with purity and candor,
A E Bm7 E
"I've missed you."
A riff F#m A*
A riff F#m A*
[Verse 2]
A
So bring your poppies home to us
F#m
forget the roses, buttercup.
A*
There'll be no need.
A
We'll plant on robot row and
F#m
promise in the ground below,
A* Bm7
That there will be more.
D
So swing wide the doors
D
and not yet bury that I'm ready for.
A
I won't press you in a book,
F#m
a flat brown shell of what you were.
A*
I'll never need another look.
A
Cause I'm not proud, I'm not ashamed,
F#m
I'm not at risk of forgetting your name.
A* Bm7
You are an ending.
D
I found some peace in
[Chorus]
D(piano)
and when all my friends say
A
"how are you?
D A E Bm7 E
It's been too many years."
E A D
And I say, with purity and candor,
A E Bm7 E
"I've missed you."
[Outro]
A strum riff F#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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