Chords with lyrics
Intro:
B minorBm G+G B minorBm G+G B minorBm G+G B minorBm A augmentedA
Verse 1:
This is the story
B minorBm G+G
of a man that I know
B minorBm G+G
A augmentedA man with a heart of gold
B minorBm G+G
But a body becoming weak
B minorBm A augmentedA
And a mind that let him go
Verse 2:
This is the story of
B minorBm G+G
a man and his wife
B minorBm
And how she died of
G+G
that same disease
B minorBm
How he stayed with
G+G
her after her spirit
B minorBm
left But he won't
A augmentedA
remember her death and
Chorus 1:
B minorBm G+G
It's a deadly dull
F# minorF#m
Like a sword stuck
B minorBm
in its sheath A augmentedA mind
G+G
once sharp and full
F# minorF#m
Now clouded and diseased
Chorus 2:
G+G B minorBm
What's it like to be erased
A augmentedA
every time you fall asleep?
G+G F# minorF#m
Waking up as a clean slate
B minorBm
without a sense of reality?
G+G
And will I end up the same
B minorBm A augmentedA
way when I grow old and
G+G
turn to grey? As time leaves
F# minorF#m
me behind to fade away away
Post Chorus:
B minorBm G+G B minorBm G+G B minorBm G+G B minorBm A augmentedA
Verse 3:
This is the story
B minorBm G+G
of a man that I know
B minorBm
He knows my face
G+G
but he doesn't know me
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Pretends he does every
G+G
time we meet And puts
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his questions on repeat
Verse 4:
Like Are you staying out
G+G
of trouble? What's the plan?
F# minorF#m
Can we go see G-Ma down
the street? When I saw her
G+G
last she didn't say much
F# minorF#m
of anything But if I were there
think how much better it would be"
Verse 5:
G+G
They break the news
a few times a week
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And every time it's
followed by the same thing
G+G
He sits outside and keeps
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quiet for a while And
forgets and goes to sleep
Bridge:
G+G F# minorF#m
Life with a heavy soul
Will that be me eventually?
G+G F# minorF#m
Death by a deadly dull
Will that be me?
Chorus 3:
B minorBm G+G
It's a deadly dull
F# minorF#m
Like a sword stuck
B minorBm
in its sheath A augmentedA mind
G+G
once sharp and full
F# minorF#m
Now clouded and diseased
Chorus 4:
G+G B minorBm
What's it like to be erased
A augmentedA
every time you fall asleep?
G+G F# minorF#m
Waking up as a clean slate
B minorBm
without a sense of reality?
G+G
And will I end up the same
B minorBm A augmentedA
way when I grow old and
G+G
turn to grey? As time leaves
F# minorF#m
me behind to fade away away
Outro:
B minorBm G+G B minorBm G+G B minorBm G+G B minorBm A augmentedA G+G