Standard Tuning
Verse: C Am Em F
Chorus: C Dm F F
Bridge: Dm G C F
C Am Em
I give you all my body to take
F
Take good damn care of it
C Am
The taste of salt and water
Em F
From my, from my shaking timid lips
C Am Em
I leave you all the things that I've seen
F
In a box in a public space
C Am
So take it, all my memories
Em
They're yours
F
Hold them close to your face
Hold them close
Hold them close
Hold them close
Hold them close
Hold them close
C Dm
Bring it back
F
Bring it home
Show me mercy
I'm a horrible man
C Dm
Stay tight
F
Just don't go
Lay me down and hold my hand
(same as first verse)
I may never live to explain
How I was made for this bedroom
Feel my baby kicking my mouth
Through the skin of her mother
I pray you never hear my sore voice
You don't need to know what I've done
Just know that I am always around
We both share the same blood
(Chorus)
Bring it back
Bring it home
Show me mercy
I'm a horrible man
Stay tight
Just don't go
Lay me down and hold my hand
Dm G
Deliver all my goodwill
C
And my goodwill to my mom
F
If I die the years before her
Just read this to my brother:
Dm G
"Be the one to close my eyes
C
Be the one not to cry
F
Laugh in my face when I die
Dm
I've lived one hell of a life
G
I've spent some odd years wishing I could share this with you"
(Chorus)
Bring it back
Bring it home
Show me mercy
I'm a horrible man
Stay tight
Just don't go
Lay me down and hold my hand
C Am Em F
Hold them close
Hold them close
Hold them close
Hold them close
Hold them close
(Chorus)
Bring it back
Bring it home
Show me mercy
I'm a horrible man
Stay tight
Just don't go
Lay me down and hold my hand
Bring it back
Bring it home
Show me mercy
I'm a horrible man
Stay tight
Just don't go
Lay me down and hold my hand