Chords with lyrics
Intro:
Riff:
d|---------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------|
G+G|---------2-----------|
D MajorD|---2h4-----2h4p2 0---|
A augmentedA|---------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------| E minorEm D MajorD
Riff:
d|---------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------|
G+G|---------2-----------|
D MajorD|---2h4-----2h4p2 0---|
A augmentedA|---------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------| E minorEm D MajorD
Riff:
d|---------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------|
G+G|---------2-----------|
D MajorD|---2h4-----2h4p2 0---|
A augmentedA|---------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------|
Verse 1:
E minorEm D MajorD
Been a long and lonely winter for my mother
Riff comes in on mother:
d|---------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------|
G+G|---------2-----------|
D MajorD|---2h4-----2h4p2 0---|
A augmentedA|---------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------|
E minorEm D MajorD
Her mother dying slowly
Riff:
d|---------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------|
G+G|---------2-----------|
D MajorD|---2h4-----2h4p2 0---|
A augmentedA|---------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------|
E minorEm Em/F# G+G
It's hard to sit and see
E minorEm Em/F# G+G A augmentedA
The harvest with the seed, each day
Riff:
D MajorD|---------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------|
G+G|---------2-----------|
D MajorD|---2h4-----2h4p2 0---|
A augmentedA|---------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------|
Verse 2:
E minorEm D MajorD
The static on the TV screen is snowing
Riff comes in on snowing:
d|---------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------|
G+G|---------2-----------|
D MajorD|---2h4-----2h4p2 0---|
A augmentedA|---------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------|
E minorEm D MajorD
It's going out of season
Riff:
d|---------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------|
G+G|---------2-----------|
D MajorD|---2h4-----2h4p2 0---|
A augmentedA|---------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------|
E minorEm Em/F# G+G
There's a wall between
E minorEm Em/F# G+G
Like crossing open seas
B minorBm A augmentedA
The lady at the front desk
G+G
By the waiting room
D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G
Knows me by name
Verse 3:
G+G D MajorD
This is not a pointed finger
A augmentedA E minorEm E minorEm Em/F#
I don't know where it would belong
G+G D MajorD
Do you ever wonder at this shadow
A augmentedA E minorEm E minorEm Em/F#
We're pouring out our silence on
Chorus:
G+G E minorEm G+G D MajorD
Dying is for strangers, I know you see it
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
We wear our smiles like a crime
G+G E minorEm G+G D MajorD
If I had the money, I'd set the ledger even
G+G B minorBm E minorEm D MajorD
Pay in full, waste my time
Verse 4:
G+G D MajorD
Hand-me-downs and wreckage
A augmentedA E minorEm
With the glow of other lives
G+G D MajorD
I gather them like children
A augmentedA E minorEm
Something to show for our time
Chorus:
G+G E minorEm G+G D MajorD
Dying is for strangers, I know you see it
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
We wear our smiles like a crime
G+G E minorEm G+G D MajorD
If I had the money, I'd set the ledger even
G+G B minorBm E minorEm B minorBm A augmentedA G+G D MajorD G+G
Pay in full, waste my time
D MajorD G+G
Outro:
E minorEm D MajorD
Been a long and lonely winter for my mother