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[Intro]
D
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[Verse 1]
D
The ashtray says
You were up all night
G
When you went to bed
Gm
With your darkest mind
D
Your pillow wept
And covered your e
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Am G C Dm
Achilles, Achilles, Achilles, come down
Am G Am
Won’t you get up off, get up off the roof?
Am G
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[Verse]
D A
..Our father hid a lot of painful memories
D A
..A bunch of he never shared
D A
..But when he di
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[Verse]
C Am
..It was a gracious old sunshine
G
But it was wasted on me
F
I was plastered
C
And counting the cop cars o
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[Verse]
C
Made my peace with it
With the higher power
The years in the spotlight
Were good to me now
But in comes the chance of a lifetime
To quietly see myself out
C
Wh
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[Intro]
C
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[Verse 1]
C
..God died today
Am
He left me in the cold
F
He stumbled down a path
Em
He died upon his knees on
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[Verse 1]
C Bb Am F C Bb
….When the foreman came, he helped me understand
Am C Bb
That my destiny was mortar in