Verse
G#m
I saw it for a second but then the light was fading
G#m
Sister morphine was my lady in waiting
C#m
Can I help it if I can’t help it now,
G#m
all the stories I tell myself
[Pre-chorus]
B F# C#m G#m
What can I say to you all,
E B F# F#sus4
it’s fair to say, no words will do
B F# E C#m
All this time, time is speeding, it’s hard to recognize the life we’re leaving
B G#m C#m F#
it’s time to trip the light of the evening and go now
B F# E C#m
And in this land there’s shade and shadow, we break bread and consecrate the battle
B G#m C#m F#
cradle to the grave, sword to the saddle, it’s each other we will miss
C#m F# B
Oh the happiest moment of my life,
C#m F# G#m
was the saddest moment of my life
G#m
(riff)
[Verse 2]
G#m
Was in prison when my daddy died
G#m
They didn’t tell me for fear of suicide
C#m
Told me when I got outside,
G#m
I started using as soon as I was alone that night
[Pre-chorus]
B F# C#m G#m
And I died and I went up straight to him
E B F# F#sus4
He said where you been, my troubled son
[Chorus]
B F# E C#m
All this time, time is speeding, it’s hard to recognize the life we’re leaving
B G#m C#m F#
it’s time to trip the light of the evening and go now
B F# E C#m
And in this land there’s shade and shadow, we break bread and consecrate the battle
B G#m C#m F#
cradle to the grave, sword to the saddle, it’s each other we will miss
C#m F# B
Oh the happiest moment of my life,
C#m F# G#m
was the saddest moment of my life
[Bridge]
G#m E B F#7/A#
Oh my love can I just sit and hold your face.
E B F#sus4 F#
We finally made it here but now the light is low.
[Chorus]
B F# E C#m
All this time, time is speeding, it’s hard to recognize the life we’re leaving
B G#m C#m F#
it’s time to trip the light of the evening and go now
B F# E C#m
And in this land there’s shade and shadow, we break bread and consecrate the battle
B B/A# G#m C#m F#
Now I'm feeling kinda faded, I think I need to lay down
C#m7 C#sus4
Oh you almost saved me
F#
You almost saved me
B E F#
You almost saved me nooooooooow
B E F#
You almost saved me nooooooooow
B E F#
You almost saved me nooooooooow
B E F#
You almost saved me nooooooooow
B F# E C#m
All this time we pledge allegiance to the tune of a thousand treasons
B G#m C#m F#
One nation under something, under water, under mass incarceration
B F# E C#m
In the age of feast and famine can we disrupt the social canon
B G#m E F#
Let our children lead so we all believe, let us see the forest for the trees
[Outro]
G#m
(riff)