Verse
C#m
I saw it for a second but then the light was fading
C#m
Sister morphine was my lady in waiting
F#m
Can I help it if I can’t help it now,
C#m
all the stories I tell myself
[Pre-chorus]
E B F#m C#m
What can I say to you all,
A E B Bsus4
it’s fair to say, no words will do
E B A F#m
All this time, time is speeding, it’s hard to recognize the life we’re leaving
E C#m F#m B
it’s time to trip the light of the evening and go now
E B A F#m
And in this land there’s shade and shadow, we break bread and consecrate the battle
E C#m F#m B
cradle to the grave, sword to the saddle, it’s each other we will miss
F#m B E
Oh the happiest moment of my life,
F#m B C#m
was the saddest moment of my life
C#m
(riff)
[Verse 2]
C#m
Was in prison when my daddy died
C#m
They didn’t tell me for fear of suicide
F#m
Told me when I got outside,
C#m
I started using as soon as I was alone that night
[Pre-chorus]
E B F#m C#m
And I died and I went up straight to him
A E B Bsus4
He said where you been, my troubled son
[Chorus]
E B A F#m
All this time, time is speeding, it’s hard to recognize the life we’re leaving
E C#m F#m B
it’s time to trip the light of the evening and go now
E B A F#m
And in this land there’s shade and shadow, we break bread and consecrate the battle
E C#m F#m B
cradle to the grave, sword to the saddle, it’s each other we will miss
F#m B E
Oh the happiest moment of my life,
F#m B C#m
was the saddest moment of my life
[Bridge]
C#m A E B7/D#
Oh my love can I just sit and hold your face.
A E Bsus4 B
We finally made it here but now the light is low.
[Chorus]
E B A F#m
All this time, time is speeding, it’s hard to recognize the life we’re leaving
E C#m F#m B
it’s time to trip the light of the evening and go now
E B A F#m
And in this land there’s shade and shadow, we break bread and consecrate the battle
E E/D# C#m F#m B
Now I'm feeling kinda faded, I think I need to lay down
F#m7 F#sus4
Oh you almost saved me
B
You almost saved me
E A B
You almost saved me nooooooooow
E A B
You almost saved me nooooooooow
E A B
You almost saved me nooooooooow
E A B
You almost saved me nooooooooow
E B A F#m
All this time we pledge allegiance to the tune of a thousand treasons
E C#m F#m B
One nation under something, under water, under mass incarceration
E B A F#m
In the age of feast and famine can we disrupt the social canon
E C#m A B
Let our children lead so we all believe, let us see the forest for the trees
[Outro]
C#m
(riff)