Key: C
Introduction:
C
She said she felt an aching,
Em Am C G
And went to lay down and died in her room, alone.
C
He said he tried to wake her,
Em Am
Oh, how he tried, but she didn't move
C G
And he was in the T.V. room.
C Am G
Maybe on that day he loved her more than his own life
C Am G
And maybe on that day he wished it was he who could have died
Am Em Am
Maybe on that day he felt his body disappear into the space
C G C
Next to her on the bed.
C Em
Greg grew up under his dad's hand
Am C G
Pushing tractors, pushing snuff into his face out in the field,
C Em
But the doctors said his gut just wasn't fixable right now
Am C G
And anyway, a country man can't pay those city bills.
C Am G
Well my uncle and aunt...they put him up in a hospital room.
C Am G
And I remember they spent every night there in that hospital room
Am Em
One day he said "Daddy, I see God, but I just ain't ready to go.
Am C G C
But Grampa's at my shoulder, and he swears I'm not alone."
C Am G C Am G AmEm C G C
C Em Am C G C
Well on that day, I saw my uncle cry for his dead son.
C Em Am
We were all left alone, without a flag and gun salute
C G
And I held my sister's hand as we sat silent in the pew.
C Am G
Oh Katie, Katie, Katie, you spoke beautifully that day,
Em
And I'm sure you know that firm handshake
G C(ºnce)
Meant more than he could ever ever say.