Verse
Em Am D
Up on a mountain over the plains
G G/F# Em
Christopher sat with his hands to his face
Am D
This urn is her casket, this ash her remains
G G/F# Em
It doesn't feel right just to throw it away
Am D
So he kept it with him everywhere that he strayed
G G/F# Em
With long narrow shadows he shouldered the weight
Am D
If I keep her with me, then I'll keep her safe
G G/F#
He choked down the words that he wanted to say
[Chorus]
C G D Em D C
Wish I could run from the place that poisons my passion away
G D
Wish I never wrote her anything
Em D Em
Let this be the last song I sing
[Interlude]
Em Am D G G/F# (x2)
{Verse]
Em Am D
Grooves in his shoulders, the urn still in his clasp
G G/F# Em
Christopher struggled against the river so fast
Am D
Imaginary messiahs like the world on his back
G G/F# Em
pushed him under the current where he drowned with the ash
Am D
No moral to your story
G G/F# Em
Yeah they're lying again my friend
Am D G G/F#
No moral to your story, my friend
[Chorus]
C G D Em D C
Say goodbye to the place that poisons your passion away
G D
If you write a lost love anything
Em D C Cm
Don't let it be the last song you sing
[Outro]
Em G/F# G D C
Em G/F# G D
Em G/F# G Bm Am Bm F#5 B/D#
Em G/F# G D C
Em G/F# G D
Em G/F# G Bm Am Bm F#5 E/G#