Chords
Greg Allen

Key: C

Introduction:

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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(Âșnce)  
Meant more than he could ever ever say.