Capo 1st Fret (chords relative to capo)
[Intro] (x2)
F-G-Am-C
[Verse]
F G Am
Today i saw my father standing in the graveyard
C
looking very somber looking for his mom
F G Am
when he finally found her he said that it was different
C
everything is different nothing's really changed
[Instrumental]
F-G-Am-C (x2)
[Verse]
F G Am
my brother would remember sitting in the hallway
C
waiting for my father both of us were scared
F G Am
when the doorknob turned we took off for the stairway
C
looking for some cover trying to get away
[Instrumental]
F-G-Am-C (x2)
[Verse]
F G Am
a guide dog had to serve the role that you would not let
C
the mother of your children ever really play
F G Am
the office was a dungeon where you hid your fears of
C
what would really happen if no one ever came
F G Am
i wonder if you blamed yourself for when she left you
C
by closing up the garage door and turning on the car
F G Am
your father must have lost it your sister couldn't help you
C
but dad if you were lonely you had no where to turn
F G Am C
Oh father... can't you see the pieces that have fallen on the ground
F G Am C
when you and mom decided nothing could be saved inside this house
[Instrumental]
F-G-Am-C (x2)
F-G-Am-C (7x)
F-G-Am-C
[Verse]
F G Am
last night i had a dream that i was in the graveyard
C
looking at my father buried in the ground
F G Am
I'd swear that I could hear him tell me he was sorry
C
he told me he was sorry and everything has changed
[Outro]
F-G-Am-C (x2)
