This is my first chord sheet, so if there are any mistakes, please let me know.
Notes in parentheses are single notes, not chords.
INTRO: (G-A-B) C C G C G C G C G
The curtain of darkness is fallin’
G
And my friends are all here at my side.
C G
Are those the sweet voices of angels
G
As I rise on that heavenly tide?
A D7
All hearts overflowin’ with sadness
G
And those words left so often unsaid
C G
Then I could hear a voice whispering softly,
C G C
“Could I have all your stuff when your dead?”
G D G C G
“Could I have your TV and your pickup?
C
And I’ve always admired your shoes.
G
Could I have that old dining room table?
C
And there’s a couple of chairs I could use.”
G D7
“Well, you know that you’re headed to glory,
G
And like a star, up to heaven you’ll shoot
C G
When they write the last page of your story,
C G C
Could I try on that seersucker suit?”
G D G C G
SOLO/INSTRUMENTAL: (G-A-B) C C G C G C G C G
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/austin_lounge_lizards/last_words_crd.html ]
It was the voice of my dear brother Thomas.
G
He was kneelin’ down close by my side.
C G
His breath had just come from a funeral
G
For a mouth full of teeth that had died.
A D7
Well, I prayed my last prayer for salvation.
G
I was feelin’ the touch of God’s hand.
C G
But I could still hear the voice of my brother
C G C
As they struck up that old angel band.
G D G C G
“Could I have your old ski boots and surf board?
C
And maybe that four-poster bed?
G
Would you mind if I took a few records?
C
Just Nirvana, The Stones, and the Dead.”
G D7
Well, you know that you can’t take it with you
G
To your heavenly home up on high.
C G
When you pass through those gates, and they hand you your wings,
C G C
Could I have all your stuff when you die?
G D G C G
But the angels consulted St. Peter
C
And flew me back to my hospital bed.
G D
My life was a new day a-dawning,
G C
And the angels took Tommy instead.
G C G C G
OUTRO: (G-A-B) C C G C (G-A-B-B-B-C-B-A-G) C G
Tabbed out by Peter C
