Deathbed Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Pre-chorus 1]
I can smell the [F]death on the sheets,
covering me
I can't believe this is the [C]end[G]

[Chorus 1]
But [C]this is my [F]deathbed,
I [G]lie here a[Am]lone
If I [C]close my eyes to[F]night,
I [G]know I'll be [C]home

[Verse 1]
The [C]year is 194[Gm]1
I was [Bb]8 years old and far, far too you[F]ng
To [C]know that the stories of [Gm]battles and glory
Was a [Bb]tale, a kind mother made [F]up for a son
You see, [C]dad was a traveling [Gm]preacher
[Bb]Teaching the words of the [F]teacher
[C]Mother had sworn he went [Gm]off to the war
And [Bb]died there with honor,
some[F]where on a beach there
But he [Am]left once, to never re[E]turn
Which [C]taught me that I should un[D]learn
What[F]ever I thought a [C]father should be
I a[Cm]bandoned that thought
like he [D]abandoned me
By '47, I was fourteen
I'd acquired a taste for liquor and [G]nicotine
[Gm]I smoked until I threw up,[D] yet I still lit 'em up[A]
For thirty more years, like a ma[D]chine

[Bridge 1]
So [F]right there you have [C]it,
that [F]one filthy [C]habit
Is what [Dm]got me where I[C] am toda[G]y

[Pre-chorus 2]
I can smell the [F]death on the sheets,
covering me
I can't believe this is the [C]end[G]
I can hear the [F]sad memories still haunting me
So many things I'd do a[C]gain[G]

[Chorus 2]
But [C]this is my [F]deathbed,
I [G]lie here a[Am]lone
If I [C]close my eyes to[F]night,
I [G]know I'll be [C]home

[Verse 2]
Got [C]married on my 2[Gm]1st
[Bb]Eight months before my [F]wife would give birth
It's [C]easier to be sure you [Gm]love someone
When a [Bb]father inquires with the [F]barrel of a gun
The [Am]union was far from har[E]monious
No two [C]people could've been
more [D]alone than us
The [F]years would go by
and she'd [C]love someone else
And I [Cm]realized I hadn't been [D]loved yet myself
From there, it's your typical spiel
Yeah, if life was a highway,
I was [G]drunk at the wheel
I was [Gm]helpin' the loose ends [D]all fall apart
Yeah, I [A]swear I was destined to fail
and fail from the [D]start

[Bridge 2]
I [F]bowled about 6 times a [C]week
A [F]bottle of Beam kept the [C]memories from me
Our [F]marriage had taken a [C]7-10 split
And a[Dm]long with my [C]pride,
the ex-[G]wife took the kids

[Pre-chorus 3]
I can smell the [F]death on the sheets,
covering me
I can't believe this is the [C]end[G]
I can hear those [F]sad memories
still haunting me
So many things I'd do a[C]gain[G]

[Chorus 3]
But [C]this is my [F]deathbed,
I [G]lie here alone [Am](lie here)
If I [C]close my eyes to[F]night,
I [G]know I'll be [C]home

[Verse 3]
I was [C]so scared of Jesus
but [Gm]he sought me out
Like the [Bb]cancer in my lungs, it's [F]killing me now
And I've [C]given up hope on the [Gm]days I have left
But I [Bb]cling to the hope of my [F]life in the next
Well, then [Am]Jesus showed up, said,
"Be[E]fore we go up
I [C]thought that we might remi[D]nisce
See one [F]night in your life,
when you've [C]turned out the lights
You [Cm]asked for and prayed for [D]my forgiveness"

[Bridge 3]
You cried, [D]wolf,
the [Bm]tears, they soaked your [A]fur
The [G]blood dripped from your [Em]fangs,
you [D]said, "What have I [A]done?"
You loved that [Em]lamb with [D]every sinful [Bm]bone
And [A]there you wept a[G]lone,
your [Em]heart was so con[A]trite"
You said, [Em]"Jesus, please
for[D]give me of my [G]crimes
[Em]Sanctify this [D]withered heart of [G]mine
[Em]Stay with me [D]until my life is [G]through
And [Em]on that day,
please [D]take me home with [G]you"

[Pre-chorus 4]
I can smell the [G]death on the sheets,
covering me
I can't believe this is the [D]end[A]
I can hear you [G]whisper to me,
"It's time to leave
You'll never be [F#]lonely a[D]gain"[A]

[Chorus 4]
But [D]this was my [G]deathbed,
I [A]died there a[Bm]lone
When I [D]closed my eyes to[G]night,
you [A]carried me

[Interlude 1]
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[Outro 1]
[D]I am the way,
follow [Bm]me and take my ha[G]nd[A]
And [D]I am the truth,
em[Bm]brace me and [A]you'll under[G]stand
And [D]I am the light
and for [Am]me, you'll live ag[G]ain
For I [A]am [Bm]love, [G]I a[A]m l[Bm]ove
[D]I, [Em]I am [G]lo[A]ve[D]