Verse
Dm
I saw it for a second but then the light was fading
Dm
Sister morphine was my lady in waiting
Gm
Can I help it if I can’t help it now,
Dm
all the stories I tell myself
[Pre-chorus]
F C Gm Dm
What can I say to you all,
A# F C Csus4
it’s fair to say, no words will do
F C A# Gm
All this time, time is speeding, it’s hard to recognize the life we’re leaving
F Dm Gm C
it’s time to trip the light of the evening and go now
F C A# Gm
And in this land there’s shade and shadow, we break bread and consecrate the battle
F Dm Gm C
cradle to the grave, sword to the saddle, it’s each other we will miss
Gm C F
Oh the happiest moment of my life,
Gm C Dm
was the saddest moment of my life
Dm
(riff)
[Verse 2]
Dm
Was in prison when my daddy died
Dm
They didn’t tell me for fear of suicide
Gm
Told me when I got outside,
Dm
I started using as soon as I was alone that night
[Pre-chorus]
F C Gm Dm
And I died and I went up straight to him
A# F C Csus4
He said where you been, my troubled son
[Chorus]
F C A# Gm
All this time, time is speeding, it’s hard to recognize the life we’re leaving
F Dm Gm C
it’s time to trip the light of the evening and go now
F C A# Gm
And in this land there’s shade and shadow, we break bread and consecrate the battle
F Dm Gm C
cradle to the grave, sword to the saddle, it’s each other we will miss
Gm C F
Oh the happiest moment of my life,
Gm C Dm
was the saddest moment of my life
[Bridge]
Dm A# F C7/E
Oh my love can I just sit and hold your face.
A# F Csus4 C
We finally made it here but now the light is low.
[Chorus]
F C A# Gm
All this time, time is speeding, it’s hard to recognize the life we’re leaving
F Dm Gm C
it’s time to trip the light of the evening and go now
F C A# Gm
And in this land there’s shade and shadow, we break bread and consecrate the battle
F F/E Dm Gm C
Now I'm feeling kinda faded, I think I need to lay down
Gm7 Gsus4
Oh you almost saved me
C
You almost saved me
F A# C
You almost saved me nooooooooow
F A# C
You almost saved me nooooooooow
F A# C
You almost saved me nooooooooow
F A# C
You almost saved me nooooooooow
F C A# Gm
All this time we pledge allegiance to the tune of a thousand treasons
F Dm Gm C
One nation under something, under water, under mass incarceration
F C A# Gm
In the age of feast and famine can we disrupt the social canon
F Dm A# C
Let our children lead so we all believe, let us see the forest for the trees
[Outro]
Dm
(riff)