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