Capo on 3
C Am
Twice a week I pass by the church that held your funeral
G F C
and the pastor’s words come pouring down like rain.
C Am
How he called you a sinner but said now you walk with Jesus,
G F C
so the drugs that took your life aren’t gonna cause you any pain.
G F C
I don’t think he even knew your name.
G F C G F
I refused to kneel or pray. I won’t remember you that way
C G F
but I lit you a candle in every cathedral across Europe.
G F C
I hope you know you’re still my patron saint.
C Am G F
I tried to forgive but I can’t forget the cigar in his fist.
G F C
I know that they were heartsick but I need someone to blame
G F C
and I know how they blame me. I know what you’d say.
G F C G F
You’d tell me it was your fault. I should put all my arrows away.
C G
I’m sure there ain’t a heaven,
Am G F
but that don’t mean I don’t like to picture you there.
G F C
I bet you’re bumming cigarettes off saints.
C G
I’m sure you’re still singing
Am G F
but I’ll bet that you’re still just a bit out of key.
G F C
With that crooked smile pushing words across your teeth.
Am G
You were heat lightning.
C G F
You were a storm that never rolled in.
Am G C F
You were the northern lights in a southern town, a caustic fleeting thing.
Am G
I’ll bury your memories in the garden;
C G F
I’ll watch them grow with the flowers in the spring.
C
I’ll keep you with me.
C F C F
C
These wolves in their suits and ties
F
saying “kid you can trust me.”
C
Charming southern drawl, sunken eyes.
F
Buying good will in hotel lobbies.
C F
They got fistfuls of pills to make sure you don’t hurt no more.
You don’t gotta feel anything.
C
Got their fangs in our veins.
F
Got their voice in our heads.
Got our arms in their grips.
No, we can’t shake free.
C F
This god damn machine; hungry and heartless.
C
My whole generation got lost in the margin.
F
We put our faith in you. You turned a profit.
C F
Now we’re drowning here under your waves.
C F
Drowning held under your waves.
Drowning here. Drowning here.
C F
You can’t have my friends. You can’t have my brothers.
C
You can’t have my friends. You can’t have my brothers.
F
You can’t have my friends. You can’t have my brothers.
C
You can’t have me. No, you can’t have me.
