Key: F#m
Introduction: F#m7 Bm7 C#m7
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Young boy grows up in South Carolina
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Raised on ain't no point, this worlds got nothing for ya
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He goes missing every blue moon for about an hour
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Comes back home to an empty house full of silence that grows louder and louder and louder
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Deep at night depression creeps through his window
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And he re-reads and re writes the letter that he wrote
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Back and forth voices tell him secrets
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Do not, do not, do not, yes do
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Please don't tell momma death is coming for you
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Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air
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Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air
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Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air
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Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air
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Young boy goes to sleep and wakes up a man
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Blue moon comes back around, but he don't turn back to take his mother's hand
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Momma's crying, she's crying out blood
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Slowly dying, she's calling out, she's calling out
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Momma's crying, she's crying out blood
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Slowly dying, she's calling out, she keeps calling out
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I'm singing
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Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air
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Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air
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Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air
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Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air
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The sun is setting
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Blue moon is rising
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The stars are lightened
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His heart is pounding
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He can feel it in his feet
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And he can feel it in his throat
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He can feel it in his hands
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As he walks up to the edge
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He doesn't fear death anymore
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The sea upon the shore
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One hundred feet above the shore
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He drops the letter that he wrote
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Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air
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Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air
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Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air
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Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air