{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":485209,"song":"Deathbed","artist":"Relient K","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11564218-deathbed-chords-by-relient-k/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/485209?type=chord","rating":4.77514,"votes":230,"content":"[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI can smell the death on the sheets, covering me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can't believe this is the end[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut this is my deathbed, I lie here alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIf I close my eyes tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI know I'll be home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThe year was nineteen forty one[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI was eight years old and far, far too young[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nTo know that the stories, of battles and glory[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWas a tale a kind mother made up for her son, You see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nDad was a traveling preacher[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTeaching the words of the Teacher[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd mother had sworn he went off to the war[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd died there with honor, somewhere on a beach there[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]E/G#[/ch]\r\nBut he left once to never return[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C/G[/ch]                       [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nWhich taught me that I should unlearn[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhatever I thought a father should be[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Eb[/ch]                            [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nI abandoned that thought like he abandoned me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A/C#[/ch]\r\nBy forty seven I was fourteen[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd acquired a taste for liquor and nicotine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                     [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\nI smoked until I threw up[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]A/G#[/ch]        [ch]A/G[/ch]\r\nYeah, I still lit 'em up for thirty more years[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLike a machine[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo right there you have it[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat one filthy habit[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F/D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs what got me where I am today[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI can smell the death on the sheets, covering me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can't believe this is the end[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI can hear those sad memories, still haunting me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo many things, I'd do again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut this is my deathbed, I lie here alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIf I close my eyes tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI know I'll be home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nI got married on my twenty first[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEight months before my wife would give birth[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nIt's easier to be sure you love someone[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen her father inquires with the barrel of a gun[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]E/G#[/ch]\r\nThe union was far from harmonious[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C/G[/ch]                         [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nNo two people could have been more alone than us[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe years would go by and she'd love someone else[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Eb[/ch]                     [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nAnd I realized I hadn't been loved yet myself[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFrom there it's your typical spiel[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah if life was a highway, I was drunk at the wheel[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]                      [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\nI was helping the loose ends, all fall apart[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A/G#[/ch]        [ch]A/G[/ch]\r\nYeah, I swear I was destined to fail[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nfail from the start[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI bowled about six times a week[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe bottle of Beam kept the memories from me[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy marriage had taken a seven-ten split[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F/D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd along with my pride the ex-wife took the kids[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI can smell the death on the sheets, covering me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can't believe this is the end[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI can hear those sad memories, still haunting me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo many things, I'd do again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut this is my deathbed, I lie here alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIf I close my eyes tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI know I'll be home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nI was so scared of Jesus, but He sought me out[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLike the cancer in my lungs that's killing me now[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd I've given up hope on the days I have left[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I cling to the hope of my life in the next[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]E/G#[/ch]\r\nThen Jesus showed up, said \"Before we go up[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C/G[/ch]                       [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nI thought that we might reminisce[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSee one night in your life, when you turned out the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou asked for and prayed for my forgiveness\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou cried wolf, the tears they soaked your fur[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe blood dripped from your fangs[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou said \"What have I done?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYou loved that Lamb, with every sinful bone[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd there you wept alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYour heart was so contrite[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou said, \"Jesus, please forgive me of my crimes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSanctify this withered heart of mine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStay with me until my life is through[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd on that day please take me home with you\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 4]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can smell the death on the sheets, covering me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI can't believe this is the end[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can hear You whisper to me \"It's time to leave[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G/Bb[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou'll never be lonely again\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut this was my deathbed, I died there alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I closed my eyes tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G/D[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou carried me home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G/D[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    x8ish\r\n\r\n\r\n[Ending]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D/F#[/ch]       [ch]Bm7[/ch]             [ch]Gadd9[/ch]  [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nI am the Way, follow Me and take My hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D/F#[/ch]    [ch]Bm7[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Gadd9[/ch]\r\nAnd I am the Truth, embrace Me and you'll understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D/F#[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I am the Light, and for Me you'll live again[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nFor I   am   Love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI   am   Love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI           I      am   Love[/tab]","plain_text":"[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG/D    D    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