Deathbed Uke tab by Relient K (Baritone Chords)

30 Chords used in the song: F, C, G, Am, Gm, Bb, A/G#, C/G, D/F#, Fmaj7, C/E, Cm, D, D/C#, D/C, G/B, Gm/B, D/A, A, A/G, Dm, Am/G#, Gm/Bb, Cm/Eb, Bm, G5, Em7, Em, G/D, Bm7

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Artist: 
Year:  2007
Difficulty: 
3.9
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords
Intro:
F F
I can smell the death on the sheets, covering me
C C G G
I can't believe this is the end

Chorus:

C C F F G G Am Am
But this is my deathbed I lie here alone
C C F F G G C C
If I close my eyes tonight I know I'll be home

Verse 1:

C C Gm Gm
The year was nineteen forty one I was
Bb Bb F F
Eight years old and Far far too young
C C Gm Gm
To know that the stories Of battles and glory
Bb Bb F F
Was a tale a kind mother made up for her son You see
C C Gm Gm
Dad was a traveling preacher
Bb Bb F F
Teaching the words of the Teacher
C C Gm Gm
But mother had sworn went off to the war
Bb Bb F F
And died there with honor somewhere on a beach there

Am Am A/G# A/G#
But he left once to never return
C/G C/G D/F# D/F#
Which taught me that I should unlearn
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 C/E C/E
Whatever I thought a father should be
Cm Cm D D
I abandoned that thought Like he abandoned me

D D D/C# D/C#
By forty seven I was fourteen
D/C D/C G/B G/B
I'd acquired a taste for liquor and nicotine
Gm/B Gm/B D/A D/A
I smoked until I threw up
A A A/G# A/G# A/G A/G D/F# D/F#
Yet I still lit 'em up for thirty more years Like a machine

Fmaj7 Fmaj7 C C
So right there you have it
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 C C
That one filthy habit
Dm Dm C C G G
Is what got me where I am today

Intro:
Fmaj7 Fmaj7
I can smell the death on the sheets Covering me
C C G G
I can't believe this is the end
FamJ7
I can hear those sad memories Still haunting me
C C G G
So many things I'd do again

Chorus:

C C F F G G Am Am
But this is my deathbed I lie here alone
C C F F G G C C
If I close my eyes tonight I know I'll be home

Verse 2:

C C Gm Gm
I got married on my twenty first
Bb Bb F F
Eight months before my wife would give birth
C C Gm Gm
It's easier to be sure you love someone
Bb Bb F F
When her father inquires with the barrel of a gun


Am Am Am/G# Am/G#
The union was far from harmonious
C/G C/G D/F# D/F#
No two people could have been more alone than us
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 C/E C/E
The years would go by and she'd love someone else
Cm Cm D D
And I realized I hadn't been loved yet myself

D D D/C# D/C# D/C D/C
And there's your typical spiel Yeah, if life was a highway
G/B G/B Gm/Bb Gm/Bb D/A D/A
I was drunk at the wheel I was helping the loose ends All fall apart
A A A/G# A/G# A/G A/G D/F# D/F#
Yeah I swear I was destined to fail And fail from the start


Fmaj7 Fmaj7 C C
I bowled about six times a week
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 C C
The bottle of Beam kept the memories from me
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 C C
The marriage had taken a seven-ten split
Dm Dm C C G G
Along with my pride the ex-wife took the kids

Intro:

F F
I can smell the death on the sheets covering me
G G C C
I can't believe this is the end
F F
I can hear those sad memories still haunting me so many things
G G C C
I'd do again

Chorus:

C C F F G G Am Am
But this is my deathbed I lie here alone
C C F F
If I close my eyes tonight
G G C C
I know I'll be home

Verse 3:

C C Gm Gm
I was so scared of Jesus but He sought me out
Bb Bb F F
Like the cancer in my lungs that's killing me now
C C Gm Gm
And I've given up hope on the days I have left
Bb Bb F F
But I cling to the hope of my life in the next


Am Am A/G# A/G#
Then Jesus showed up said "Before we go"
A/G A/G D/F# D/F#
"I thought that we might reminisce"
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 C/E C/E
"See one night in your life When you turned out the light"
Cm/Eb Cm/Eb D D
"You asked for and prayed for my forgiveness"

Bridge:

D D Bm Bm A A
You cried wolf The tears they soaked your fur
G5 G5 Em7 Em7
The blood dripped from your fangs
D D A A
You said, "What have I done?"
Em7 Em7 D D Bm Bm
You loved that lamb With every sinful bone
A A G5 G5 Em Em A A
And there you wept alone Your heart was so contrite
Em7 Em7 D D G5 G5
You said, "Jesus, please forgive me of my crimes
Em7 Em7 D D G5 G5
Sanctify this withered heart of mine
Em Em D D G5 G5
Stay with me until my life is through
Em7 Em7 D D G5 G5
And on that day please take me home with you"

Intro:
G5 G5
I can smell the death on the sheets covering me
D D A A
I can't believe this is the end
G5 G5
I can hear You whisper to me, "It's time to leave
Bb Bb D D A A
You'll never be lonely again"

Chorus:

D D G5 G5 A A Bm Bm
But this was my deathbed I died there alone
D D G5 G5 A A G/D G/D D D G/D G/D D D repeat.
When I closed my eyes tonight You carried me home

Outro:

D D D/F# D/F# Bm7 Bm7 G G A A
I am the Way follow Me and take My hand
D D D/F# D/F# Bm7 Bm7 A A G G
And I am the Truth, embrace Me and you'll understand
D D D/F# D/F# D/C D/C G G
And I am the Light and for Me you'll live again
G G A A Bm Bm G G A A Bm Bm
For I am Love I am Love
D D Em Em G G A A D D
I----I , I am Love

Uke tab by , 09 May 2013

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