I Should've Spent the Day with My Family Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]I woke up very early
Like I [G]tend to do most days
Gathered up my [D]clothes, my watch
And pocket [A]knife
It would [D]be almost an hour
Before [G]the sun would show its face
And [D]I tried to be quiet
So [A]as not to wake my wife
[D]

[Verse 2]
Turning on my phone
Was the [G]first mistake I made
My [D]heart sunk when I read the first headline
[A]There had bee[D]n another shooting
And this time [G]not so far away
And [D]a child who lost his life
Looked [A]an awful lot like mine
[D]

[Verse 3]
I sat there in the dark
For [G]I don't know how long
[D]Without the first idea of what [A]to do
I [D]walked into the kitchen
And turned the cof[G]fee maker on
[D]And stood there feeling hopeless
[A]And staring at the moon
[D]

[Verse 4]
And when the house got lively
I was work[G]ing double time
[D]Scrambling eggs and
trying not to [A]cry
[D]Jennifer was getting Isaac
[G]dressed and packed for school
I was [D]wondering when God left
And why [A]he didn't say goodbye
[D]

[Verse 5]
[A]I should have spent the day
with my fam[D]ily
Instead I [Bm]tried and failed to
[D]work [Bm]all day l[D]ong[E]
Lord, I [A]should have spent the
[Bbdim]day with my fa[F#]mily[Bm]
On days like [G]this, they alone,
[A]make me wan[G]t to car[A]ry on
[D]

[Verse 6]
Throughout the day I kept
[G]Hearing all the details
Though I [D]didn't check in much
Or watch the [A]news
Some [D]tragedies you know
They [G]have no explanation
And [D]the word "Everything"
don't [A]cover what you lose
[D]

[Verse 7]
So I spent the whole day pacing
Back and [G]forth all by my
lonesome
[D]Questioning the point
And trying to write [A]a song
And [D]it sure is hard to focus
[G]On anything at all
And you can[D]'t get something right
When [A]everything [D]feels [A]wrong

[Verse 8]
[A]I should have spent the day
with my fam[D]ily
Instead I [Bm]tried and failed
to [D]work [Bm]all [D]day long[E]
I [A]should have spent the day
[Bbdim]with my fam ily[F#][Bm]
On days like [G]this, they alone,
[A]make me wan[G]t to [A]carry on
[D]

[Verse 9]
By sundown I was worn out
No [G]closer to understanding
The [D]evil things that happen [A]everyday
My [D]wife and I shared a beer
And [G]talked about the future
[D]Agreeing on the fact that we
[A]would have to find a [D]way
Though sometime I don't know how
This [G]world continues turning
What has [D]happened will never be undone
[A]But tomor[D]row I think
I'll just try [G]to keep the day wide open
And as [D]much as they will have me
Be with [A]people that I love