A Am A/G# OR A/G# A/G Bb Bm Bm7
x02220 X02210 4X2400 4X2450 3X2400 X13331 X24432 X24232
C Cm C/G OR C/G C/E Cm/Eb D
X32010 X35543 332010 33555 032010 x6554x X0232
D/C# D/C D/F# D/F# Em7 F OR F G5
x4x232 X3X232 200232 200230 022030 133211 XX3211 320022
G Gm G/B Gm/Bb G/D OR G/D OR G/D
355433 355333 X2X022 X1X022 XX0022 X50322 XX0787
Intro:
F
I can smell the death on the sheets, covering me
C G
I can't believe this is the end
Chorus:
C F G Am
But this is my deathbed I lie here alone
C F G C
If I close my eyes tonight I know I'll be home
Verse 1:
C Gm
The year was nineteen forty one I was
Bb F
Eight years old and Far far too young
C Gm
To know that the stories Of battles and glory
Bb F
Was a tale a kind mother made up for her son You see
C Gm
Dad was a traveling preacher
Bb F
Teaching the words of the Teacher
C Gm
But mother had sworn went off to the war
Bb F
And died there with honor somewhere on a beach there
Am A/G#
But he left once to never return
C/G D/F#
Which taught me that I should unlearn
Fmaj7 C/E
Whatever I thought a father should be
Cm D
I abandoned that thought Like he abandoned me
D D/C#
By forty seven I was fourteen
D/C G/B
I'd acquired a taste for liquor and nicotine
Gm/B D/A
I smoked until I threw up
A A/G# A/G D/F#
Yet I still lit 'em up for thirty more years Like a machine
Fmaj7 C
So right there you have it
Fmaj7 C
That one filthy habit
Dm C G
Is what got me where I am today
Intro:
Fmaj7
I can smell the death on the sheets Covering me
C G
I can't believe this is the end
FamJ7
I can hear those sad memories Still haunting me
C G
So many things I'd do again
Chorus:
C F G Am
But this is my deathbed I lie here alone
C F G C
If I close my eyes tonight I know I'll be home
Verse 2:
C Gm
I got married on my twenty first
Bb F
Eight months before my wife would give birth
C Gm
It's easier to be sure you love someone
Bb F
When her father inquires with the barrel of a gun
Am Am/G#
The union was far from harmonious
C/G D/F#
No two people could have been more alone than us
Fmaj7 C/E
The years would go by and she'd love someone else
Cm D
And I realized I hadn't been loved yet myself
D D/C# D/C
And there's your typical spiel Yeah, if life was a highway
G/B Gm/Bb D/A
I was drunk at the wheel I was helping the loose ends All fall apart
A A/G# A/G D/F#
Yeah I swear I was destined to fail And fail from the start
Fmaj7 C
I bowled about six times a week
Fmaj7 C
The bottle of Beam kept the memories from me
Fmaj7 C
The marriage had taken a seven-ten split
Dm C G
Along with my pride the ex-wife took the kids
Intro:
F
I can smell the death on the sheets covering me
G C
I can't believe this is the end
F
I can hear those sad memories still haunting me so many things
G C
I'd do again
Chorus:
C F G Am
But this is my deathbed I lie here alone
C F
If I close my eyes tonight
G C
I know I'll be home
Verse 3:
C Gm
I was so scared of Jesus but He sought me out
Bb F
Like the cancer in my lungs that's killing me now
C Gm
And I've given up hope on the days I have left
Bb F
But I cling to the hope of my life in the next
Am A/G#
Then Jesus showed up said "Before we go"
A/G D/F#
"I thought that we might reminisce"
Fmaj7 C/E
"See one night in your life When you turned out the light"
Cm/Eb D
"You asked for and prayed for my forgiveness"
Bridge:
D Bm A
You cried wolf The tears they soaked your fur
G5 Em7
The blood dripped from your fangs
D A
You said, "What have I done?"
Em7 D Bm
You loved that lamb With every sinful bone
A G5 Em A
And there you wept alone Your heart was so contrite
Em7 D G5
You said, "Jesus, please forgive me of my crimes
Em7 D G5
Sanctify this withered heart of mine
Em D G5
Stay with me until my life is through
Em7 D G5
And on that day please take me home with you"
Intro:
G5
I can smell the death on the sheets covering me
D A
I can't believe this is the end
G5
I can hear You whisper to me, "It's time to leave
Bb D A
You'll never be lonely again"
Chorus:
D G5 A Bm
But this was my deathbed I died there alone
D G5 A G/D D G/D D repeat.
When I closed my eyes tonight You carried me home
Jon Foreman of Switchfoot sings, as the voice of Jesus:]
Outro:
D D/F# Bm7 G A
I am the Way follow Me and take My hand
D D/F# Bm7 A G
And I am the Truth, embrace Me and you'll understand
D D/F# D/C G
And I am the Light and for Me you'll live again
G A Bm G A Bm
For I am Love I am Love
D Em G A D
I----I , I am Love
