Key: C
Introduction:
Am G F Am
I woke to find you coughing
G C Am
Like so many nights before
G F
You just smiled at me through the sickness
G Am
And said you couldn't suffer through more
Am G F Am
Then you asked me to give you mercy
G C Am
As the tears rolled down my face
G F
And you whispered that you'd miss me
G Am
And then you left me alone in this place
C F C
I pleaded for forgiveness
G Am F
As you slipped away into the light
C F
When the angels came to take you
C G F
And left me alone in the night
Am F Am F)
C G F C)
Am G F Am
Then you lay there still like the winter
C Am
As your skin turned cold as snow
G F
And I held you tight through the morning
G Am
And it was so hard to finally let go
C F C
I pleaded for forgiveness
G Am F
As you slipped away into the light
C F
When the angels came to take you
C G F
And left me without your light
C G F
And left me without your light
C G F