intro : ( Am ) ( Am )

she ( Am ) left me in the ( F ) darkness , ( E7 ) all A ( Am ) lone
she ( Am ) abandoned all the ( F ) good times
and the ( E7 ) love i thought we ( Am ) had

i’m like A ( F ) lonesome pall ( C ) bearer , ( G ) walking down the ( Am ) isle
( F ) traveling to the ( C ) graveyard , ( G ) counting down the ( E7 ) miles
with ( F ) every earth filled ( C ) shovel
they ( G ) dig that eternal ( Am ) bed
i’m like A ( F ) lonesome pall ( C ) bearer
( G ) carrying the ( Am ) dead
( G ) carrying the ( Am ) dead

she don’t call me , and she don’t try to
and my friend can’t bring her back
my eyes are wide open
watching my future fade to black

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i’ve pondered trading places
with the man laying in that hearse
i tried to hold my head up
but her leaving , is like a curse

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