From Crib to Coffin Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Dm][C][F][Am][Dm][C][F][Am]
[Dm]I us[F]ed to [C]be a better

[Verse 1]
[C]
[F]man[Am]
[Dm]But the [F]re g[C]ret came, [F]and here I a[Am]m
[Dm]I used to [C]walk outside
[F]my door[Am]
[Dm]But I do[Gsus4]n't go[C]
[F]outside anymore
[Am]

[Interlude 1]
[Dm][Am][Dm]
[Am]
[Dm]When will they[C] carry me[Gsus4]

[Verse 2]
[C]
to [F]my [Am]grave?
So [Dm]I can[Am] pay for[C] the things
my hand[F]s have [Am]made
Two sons [Dm]will take [C]my body
And place it in [F]the [Am]ground
And [C]I hope they [F]know [Am]to
be nothing [F]like [Dm]me
No nothing [F]like me
[Dm]

[Verse 3]
[Am]My Blood is tainted with bitterness
[Dm]I want it out, I want it out of me
[Am]Oh, the taste of my inheritance
[Dm]How I have fallen, the hills will cover me
[Am]You too will become weak[Dm]
[Am]You too will become weak[Dm]
[Am]The trees

[Verse 4]
are green what
[E]happens when they turn [Dm]dry
The [Am]trees are green what [E]hap
pens when they turn [Dm]dry
We [Am]chose our words and
[E]threw them towards [Dm]the sky
The [Am]trees were green, [E]now they have [Em]all [E]turned d[F]ry

[Interlude 2]
[C][Am][E][C]
[Am][E][C][Am]
[E][C][Am][E]
[C][Am][E]
[C][Am][E]
[C][Am][E][C]
[Am][E][C][Am][Em][Am]
[E][C][Am][E]
[C][Am][E][C]
[Am][Em][E]

[Verse 5]
There was [C]a bird
Whose wings were [Am]crushed by a [E]windshield
So fast to [C]the ground
The roadside [Am]it found as it's [E]eyes closed
I heard the driver [C]say as she
pulled [Am]away
"What could [E]I have done?
The worst is over"
I thought to my[C]self with risk to our [Am]health
No one [E]ever offers me [C]help

[Interlude 3]
[Am][E][C][Am][E]
[C][Am][E]
[C][Am][E][Am][C]
[Am][E]

[Verse 6]
When we [C]were boys
We chased through [Am]neighbors' fields
We could run forever,
[E]and I swore to my [C]friends
Their lives I [Am]would defend,
as a su[E]perhero
But age finds [C]the lust and
gives it [Am]your trust
And begs your devo[E]tion
in trade for discretion
The years play out [C]as days as
those friends pass [Am]away
But you are taken [E]care of, there is always [E]tele[C][Am][E][C][Am][E]
[C][Am][E]
[E]vi [E]sio[C]n[Am][E]
[E]

[Outro 1]
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