Intro
G# strum riff Fm strum A*
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B|-----3------2h3----3p2p0-|--3---------------2------|
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[Verse 1]
G#
D# dispatch from the icy mist,
Fm
two rosy cheeks that I once kissed.
A*
You'll see me go
G#
My head's already out the door,
Fm
thinking a month out maybe more.
A* A#m7
and few would follow
C#
somewhere a violin bows and a rock a rolls
G# Fm
G#
Prison boxing got to me
Fm
the toughest fights you rarely see
A*
beyond the bars
G#
and all the fists and gloves
Fm
a cruising waits with eyes swelled shut
A* A#m7
and look at them
C#
no one wins
[Chorus]
G# (piano)
till my friends say
G#
"how are you?
C# G# D# A#m7 D#
It's been too many years."
D# G# C#
And I say, with purity and candor,
G# D# A#m7 D#
"I've missed you."
G# riff Fm A*
G# riff Fm A*
[Verse 2]
G#
So bring your poppies home to us
Fm
forget the roses, buttercup.
A*
There'll be no need.
G#
We'll plant on robot row and
Fm
promise in the ground below,
A* A#m7
That there will be more.
C#
So swing wide the doors
C#
and not yet bury that I'm ready for.
G#
I won't press you in a book,
Fm
a flat brown shell of what you were.
A*
I'll never need another look.
G#
Cause I'm not proud, I'm not ashamed,
Fm
I'm not at risk of forgetting your name.
A* A#m7
You are an ending.
C#
I found some peace in
[Chorus]
D(piano)
and when all my friends say
G#
"how are you?
C# G# D# A#m7 D#
It's been too many years."
D# G# C#
And I say, with purity and candor,
G# D# A#m7 D#
"I've missed you."
[Outro]
G# strum riff Fm 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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