tuning - standard chords Dm - x00231 C - x32010 Am- x02210 F - x33210 G - 320033 Verse 1 Dm If I was man enough to break your wrist C Send you home to rewrite all who made your list Dm Of ones who love and pray and help through time C Clock on the wall that won't relieve your right to life F We're all the facts and voted yes to keep Dm Burn hot the records those words hold no weight to me F My child I'm dying I have never told Dm The world of fucked up love between two souls like ours Am Verse 2 Dm I'm failing hard to stop a trying man C Until his purpose becomes done in God's whole plan Dm I claim my debt to be the arm holding your weight C What should I buy will not find the strength to wait F And pull my aching body off the ledge Dm One last touch before a shell becomes a bed F For herb to grow and life to feed itself Dm Don't be sad, this is my point Chorus 1 Am Dm Don't dig a foxhole Am G I'll build a new home Am Dm That would lie on pavement Am G Solid foundation F C For a family you'll grow F C Two daughters you'll show F C How a dark place found light F Dm How a heart might grow bright Verse 3 (same as first two) If I was man enough to break your wrist I'd send you back to rethink all who made your list Of ones to care and call and fix from love Mirror on the wall that won't release your right to trust We're all the packs of souls we tried to save Burn hot the bodies these souls have no hold on me My love I'm crying I have never sold The world the truth about this place Just please don't you Chorus 2 (same as first) Don't dig a foxhole I'll build a new home That would lie on pavement Solid foundation For a new way of life For a point to survive Don't dig a foxhole I'll build a new home That would lie on pavement Solid foundation For a family you'll grow Two daughters you'll show How a dark place found light How a heart might grow bright Bridge C F Dm While you're sleepless dream in memories of a time you felt alive C F Dm The warmth of life is precious to your eyes C F Dm Find a spot you plan to marry and bury it in deep dark earth C F Dm Return to it, come back here to me Chorus 3 (same as other two) Don't dig a foxhole I'll build a new home That would lie on pavement Solid foundation For a family you'll grow Two daughters you'll show How a dark place found light How a heart might grow bright Don't dig a foxhole I'll build a new home That would lie on pavement Solid foundation For a new way of life For a point to survive Don't dig a foxhole I'll build a new home Would lie on pavement Solid foundation For a family you'll grow Two daughters you'll show How a dark place found light And a heart might grow bright
