Matthew 25 21 chords by The Mountain Goats

D5
     they'd hooked you up         to a fentanyl drip

D5
    to mitigate the pain a little bit

D5
     i flew in         from pennsylvania

D5
    when i heard the hour was coming fast

D5
   And i docked in santa barbara

D5
   tried to brace myself

D5
   but you can't brace yourself

     Asus4
when the time comes   you just have to roll with the blast

      G
and i'm an 18-wheeler headed down the interstate

    G
and my brakes are gonna give and i won't know til it's too late

   D
tires screaming when i lose control

      G
try not to hurt too many people when i roll

[instrumental]
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D5
     find the harbor freeway       and head south

D5
     real tired,         head kind of light

D5
i found telegraph road,        i'd only seen the name on envelopes

D5
found the parking lot          and turned right

D5
i felt all the details carving out space in my head

D5
tropicanas on the walkway neon red

D5
between the pain and the pills trying to hold it at bay

Asus4
stands a traveler going somewhere far away

 G
and i am an airplane tumbling wing over wing

    G
try to listen to my instruments they don't say anything

   D
people screaming when the engines quit

      G
i hope we're all in crash position when we hit

[instrumental]
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Dmaj7            D6sus2
   and then came to your bedside

Dsus4
    and as it turns out

D5
i'm not ready

Dmaj7    D6sus2
   and as though

D5
    you were speaking through a thick haze

D5
   you said hello to me

D5
we all stood there around you

D5
happy to hear you speak

D5
the last of something bright burning

G
still burning

        Asus4
beyond the cancer and the chemotherapy

      G
and you were a presence full of light upon this earth

    G
and i am a witness to your life and to its worth

   D
it's three days later when i get the call

      G