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