Kunci Gitar Relient K - Deathbed

i wanted an easy , but accurate version of this song so i ended up writing the chords
myself ( first one ever! ) . it’s such a lovely song and hope more people can enjoy it as A
result of my chords!

capo 5

C
i can smell the death on the sheets
C
covering me
C G
i can’t believe this is the end

G C
but this is my deathbed
D Em
i lie here alone
G C
if i close my eyes tonight
D G
i know i’ll be home

G Dm
the year was nineteen forty one
F
i was eight years old and
C
far , far too young
G
to know that the stories
Dm
of battles and glory
F
was a tale a kind mother
C
made up for her son

you see
G Dm
dad was a traveling preacher
F C
teaching the words of the teacher
G
my mother had sworn he
Dm
went off to the war
F
and died there with honor
C
somewhere on a beach there
Em B
but he left once to never return
G A
which taught me that i should unlearn
C G
whatever i thought a father should be
A#
i abandoned that thought
A
like he abandoned me

A A9
by forty seven i was fourteen
G D
i’d acquired a taste for liquor and nicotine
Dm A
i smoked until i threw up
E
yet i still lit ’em up
Emaj7 E7
for thirty more years
A
like a machine

C G
so right there you have it
C G
that one filthy habit
Am G D
is what got me where i Am today

C
i can smell the death on the sheets

covering me
C G D
i can’t believe this is the end
C
i can hear those sad memories

still haunting me , so many things
C G D
i’d do again

G C
but this is my deathbed
D Em
i lie here alone
G C
if i close my eyes tonight
D G
i know i’ll be home

G Dm
i got married on my twenty first
F C
eight months before my wife would give birth
G Dm
it’s easier to be sure you love someone
F C
when her father inquires with the barrel of a gun
Em B
the union was far from harmonious
G A
no two people could have been more alone than us
C G
the years would go by and she’d love someone else
A# A
and i realized i hadn’t been loved yet myself

A A9
from there it’s your typical spiel
G
yeah if life was a highway
D
i was drunk at the wheel
Dm
i was seeing the loose ends
A
all fall apart
E Emaj7 E7
yeah i swear i was destined to fail
A
and fail from the start

C G
i bowled about six times a week
C G
the bottle of beam kept the memories from me
C G
the marriage had taken a seven – ten split
Am G D
and along with my pride the ex – wife took the kids

C
i can smell the death on the sheets , covering me
C G D
i can’t believe this is the end
C
i can hear those sad memories

still haunting me

so many things
C G D
i’d do again

G C
but this is my deathbed
D Em
i lie here alone
G C
if i close my eyes tonight
D G
i know i’ll be home

G
i was so scared of jesus
Dm
but he sought me out
F
like the cancer in my lungs
C
that’s killing me now
G
and i’ve given up hope
Dm
on the days i have left
F
but i cling to the hope
C
of my life in the next
Em
then jesus showed up
B
said , “before we go up
G A
i thought that we might reminisce
C
see one night in your life
G
when you turned out the light
A# A
you asked for and prayed for my forgiveness”

A
you cried wolf
F#m E
the tears they soaked your fur
D Bm
the blood dripped from your fangs
A E
you said , “what have i done?”
Bm
you loved that lamb
A F#m
with every sinful bone
E
and there you wept alone
Bm E
your heart was so contrite

Bm A D
you said , “jesus , please forgive me of my crimes
Bm A D
sanctify this withered heart of mine
Bm A D
stay with me until my life is through
Bm A D
and on that day please take me home with you”

D
i can smell the death on the sheets

covering me
A E
i can’t believe this is the end
D
i can hear you whisper to me ,

“it’s time to leave
A E
you’ll never be lonely again”

A D
but this was my deathbed
E F#m
i died there alone
A D
when i closed my eyes tonight
E D
you carried me home

instrumental : ( D A ) x many times

[ jon foreman ]
A C#m
i Am the way
F#m
follow me
D E
and take my hand
A C#m
and i Am the truth
F#m D E
embrace me and you’ll understand
A C#m
and i Am the light
G D
and for me you’ll live again
D E F#m
for i Am love
D E F#m
i Am love
A D D E A
i , i Am love