Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
FF FF
Verse:
C minorCm C minorCm
So it's time to say goodbye
Bb majorBb Bb majorBb
I was never too keen on last words
FF FF
Hope I said something good
DmDm DmDm
Grass has grown over me
C minorCm C minorCm
Long before now
Bb majorBb Bb majorBb
I hope you walk through life with a smile
Pre-Chorus:
FF FF
Keep a knife in your purse
DmDm
Be as needed as the nail
DmDm
As neat as the pin
C minorCm C minorCm
Stick into things
Bb majorBb Bb majorBb
Stab into things
FF FF
I wish you well, I do
DmDm DmDm
May you find peace in this world
C minorCm C minorCm
And when it's over
Bb majorBb Bb majorBb
Dissolve without pain
Chorus:
FF FF
I am the worm in heaven
A minorAm
So close to grace
A minorAm C minorCm C minorCm
Could lick it off of the bootheels
G minorGm G minorGm
Of the blessed
FF FF
I am the worm in heaven
A minorAm
After my life
A minorAm C minorCm
They'll have me living out in the foothills
G minorGm G minorGm
Cleaning the gilded gutter
FF FF
I am the worm in heaven
A minorAm A minorAm
Remember me how I lived
C minorCm C minorCm
I was frightened
G minorGm G minorGm
Always frightened
FF FF
I did exist, I did
A minorAm A minorAm
I was here, I am
C minorCm C minorCm
And what I left behind
G minorGm G minorGm
Never be the simple kind
Outro:
FF
I exist, I did
FF
I exist, I did
A minorAm
I was here, I was, or
G minorGm DmDm C majorC
A minorAm G minorGm DmDm C majorC
Never never never never never never never was
A minorAm G minorGm DmDm C majorC
Never never never never never never never was
A minorAm G minorGm DmDm C majorC
Never never never never never never never was
A minorAm G minorGm DmDm C majorC
Never never never never never never never was
A minorAm G minorGm DmDm C majorC
Never never never never never never never was
A minorAm G minorGm DmDm C majorC
Never never never never never never never was
A minorAm G minorGm DmDm C majorC
Never never never never never never never was
A minorAm
Never never never never never never