Deathbed
Relient K
A Am A/Ab OR A/Ab A/G Bb Bm Bm7
x02220 X02210 4X2400 4X2450 3X2400 X13331 X24432 X24232
C Cm C/G OR C/G C/E Cm/Eb D
X32010 X35543 332010 33555 032010 x6554x X0232
D/C# D/C D/F# D/F# Em7 F OR F G5
x4x232 X3X232 200232 200230 022030 133211 XX3211 320022
G Gm G/B Gm/Bb G/D OR G/D OR G/D
355433 355333 X2X022 X1X022 XX0022 X50322 XX0787
F C G
I can smell the death on the sheets, covering me. I can't believe this is the end
C F G Am
But this is my deathbed I lie here alone
C F G C
If I close my eyes tonight I know I'll be home
C Gm Bb F
The year was 1941; I was eight years old and far far too young,
C Gm
To know that the stories of battles and glory,
Bb F
Was a tale a kind mother made up for her son.
C Gm Bb F
You see, Dad was a traveling preacher, teaching the words of the teacher.
C Gm
But Mother had sworn he went off to the war,
Bb F
And died there with honor, somewhere on a beach there
Am A/Ab C/G D/F#
But he left once to never return, which taught me that I should unlearn
Fmaj7 C/E
Whatever I thought a father should be
Cm D
I abandoned that thought like he abandoned me
D D/C# D/C G/B
By ’47, I was fourteen. I'd acquired a taste for liquor and nicotine
Gm/B D/A A A/Ab A/G D/F#
I smoked until I threw up, yet I still lit 'em up for thirty more years like a machine
Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C Dm C G
So right there you have it. That one filthy habit is what got me where I am today.
Fmaj7 C G
I can smell the death on the sheets covering me; I can't believe this is the end
Fmaj7 C G
I can hear those sad memories still haunting me, so many things I'd do again
C F G Am
But this is my deathbed, I lie here alone
C F G C
If I close my eyes tonight, I know I'll be home
C Gm Bb F
I got married on my twenty first. Eight months before my wife would give birth.
C Gm
It's easier to be sure you love someone,
Bb F
When her father inquires with the barrel of a gun.
Am Am/G#
The union was far from harmonious.
C/G D/F#
No two people could have been more alone than us.
Fmaj7 C/E
The years would go by and she'd love someone else,
Cm D
And I realized I hadn't been loved yet myself.
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D D/C# D/C
And there's your typical spiel. Yeah, if life was a highway
G/B Gm/Bb D/A
I was drunk at the wheel. I was helping the loose ends, all fall apart.
A A/Ab A/G D/F#
Yeah I swear I was destined to fail, and fail from the start
Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C
I bowled about six times a week. The bottle of Beam kept the memories from me.
Fmaj7 C
Our marriage had taken a seven-ten split
Dm C G
Along with my pride the ex-wife took the kids
F G C
I can smell the death on the sheets covering me. I can't believe this is the end
F G C
I can hear those sad memories still haunting me so many things, I'd do again
C F G Am
But this is my deathbed, I lie here alone
C F G C
If I close my eyes tonight, I know I'll be home
C Gm
I was so scared of Jesus, but He sought me out.
Bb F
Like the cancer in my lungs that's killing me now.
C Gm
And I've given up hope on the days I have left.
Bb F
But I cling to the hope of my life in the next.
Am A/Ab A/G D/F#
Then Jesus showed up said "Before we go, I thought that we might reminisce"
Fmaj7 C/E
"See one night in your life when you turned out the light"
Cm/Eb D
"You asked for and prayed for my forgiveness"
D Bm A
You cried wolf. The tears they soaked your fur
G5 Em7 D A
The blood dripped from your fangs. You said, "What have I done?"
Em7 D Bm
You loved that lamb with every sinful bone
A G5 Em A
And there you wept alone your heart was so contrite
Em7 D G5 Em7 D G5
You said, "Jesus, please forgive me of my crimes, sanctify this withered heart of mine
Em D G5 Em7 D G5
Stay with me until my life is through, and on that day please take me home with you"
G5 D A
I can smell the death on the sheets, covering me. I can't believe this is the end.
G5 Bb D A
I can hear You whisper to me, "It's time to leave you'll never be lonely again.”
D G5 A Bm
But this was my deathbed, I died there alone.
D G5 A G/D D G/D D
When I closed my eyes tonight, You carried me home. (repeat)
D D/F# Bm7 G A
I am the Way follow Me and take My hand
D D/F# Bm7 A G
And I am the Truth, embrace Me and you'll understand.
D D/F# D/C G
And I am the Light and for Me, you'll live again.
G A Bm G A Bm
For I am Love. I am Love
D Em G A D
I----I, I am Love
