Typhoon
"Sickness Unto Death"
one of the most well-written songs of all time. it's a shame these guys aren't more
popular than they are… also the song is obviously a lot more complicated than this, these
are just what I've found to be the most basic chord/bass notes to create your own
interpretation of the song
--radfersure
Capo 2 (all chords relative to capo)
F
old man in your rocking chair
C Am
you wake up, you've been living alone
after all these years
C
surrounded by these shards of mirrors
F
and how'd it get so quiet here,
C Am C
you wonder, where did everyone go?
F C
you tried so hard to make people remember you for something
Am C
you were not
F C
and if they so remember you then something else will certainly
Am C
get forgotten
F
life is for the living
C Am
i've heard tell that it is while we are young
in the morning sun
C
you take every year as it comes
F
but when your life is over
C Am
all those years fold up like an accordion
C F G
they collapse just like a broken lung
F C
now i've only got one organ left and this old bag of bones it is
Am C
failing me
F C Am C
i try to tell people that i'm dying only they don't believe me
F C G
they say we're all dying,
F C G
that we're all dying
F C Am C
but if you are dying, why aren't you scared?
F
why aren't you scared
C G C
like i'm scared?
F C
i read somewhere that when you face eternity you face it alone
Am
no matter what you thought
C
or what you had or you had not
F
unless you put yourself in God
C Am C
but tell me God oh where did you go?
F C
every bitter night into an empty room i plead my case
Am C
every night i pray that in the morning when i wake
F C Am
i'll be in a familiar place and find that i'm recovered and i'm sane
C
and i'll remember everything
F C Am C
i'll remember what i was like before that bug bit me
F
and when i have my childhood back
C
i'll tear every page out of my book
Am
and place them in an urn
C
strike a match and watch them burn
F
then i'll hold the front cover
C Am
against the back cover and look
C
you'll see
F C G C
eternity will smile on me