Capo: 5th fret
[Intro]
E|---------|---------|---1-----|---------|
B|---1-----|---1-----|-------3-|---1-----|
G|-------2-|-------0-|-----2---|-------2-|
D|-----2---|-----2---|-0-------|-----3---|
A|-0-------|-3-------|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|---------|-1-------|(x4)
Am C Dm F
[Verse 1]
Am C
His footprints are fading away from the beach
Dm F
We're not a family to pray or to preach
Am C
But daddy's best friend took a handful of pills and
Dm F
now he's at a podium making a speech
Am C
Yesterday night after dark
Dm F
He carefully wrote his remarks
Am C
but everyone said what he put on his page
Dm F
so he threw it away and went straight from the heart
[Chorus]
Am C Dm F
I thought this was a party
C Dm F Am
But all my friends are leaving
C Dm F Am
And I still want to play
C Dm F Am
Whoa-oh whoa-oh
C Dm F Am
You wrecked me when you stepped out
C Dm F Am
Cause you're the wounded healer
C Dm F Am
And you're supposed to stay
C Dm F
Whoa-oh whoa-oh
[Verse 2]
Am C
A year's bottle in a bucket of trash
Dm F
It'll tip over the more that it stacks
Am C
Didn't notice it till now but dad's been moving
Dm F
Slower every time we go play catch
Am C
I'm scared of the day when he'll carry a cane
Dm F
I carry his dream, I carry his name
Am C
And when papa is gone he will never be gone because
Dm F
the sound of our sneeze is the same
[Bridge]
Am C
I say God bless
Dm F
I hear your voice in mine
Am
And I want to stop time
Dm F
Like a carnival ride
Am C Dm F
I don't know what I'm saying but I mean it (repeat)
[Chorus]
Am C Dm F
I thought this was a party
C Dm F Am
But all my friends are leaving
C Dm F Am
And I still want to play
C Dm F Am
Whoa-oh whoa-oh
C Dm F Am
You wrecked me when you stepped out
C Dm F Am
Cause you're the wounded healer
C Dm F Am
And you're supposed to stay
C Dm F
Whoa-oh whoa-oh
