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Version 1[Intro] e|------3------3------3------3----------0-------------0------| B|----3------3------3------3----------3---3---------3---3----| G|----------------------------------0-------0-----0-------0--| D|--3------3------2------2-----------------------------------| A|--------------------------------1-------------0------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------| e|------3------3--------0----------0-------0----------0------| B|----3------3--------3---3-------------------------3---3----| G|------------------0-------0----0-------0--------0-------0--| D|-----------------------------------------------------------| A|--3------3------2------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------1-------1--------0------------| [Transition - basically barre chords of F, G#, and G] e|--1--1--4--4--3---------------| B|--1--1--4--4--3---------------| G|--2--2--5--5--4---------------| (This brief section x2) D|--3--3--6--6--5---------------| A|--3--3--6--6--5---------------| E|--1--1--4--4--3---------------| [Verse] G Am7 C Em Please mother mercy take me from this place G Am7 C F And the long winded curses I keep hearing in my head G Am7 C Em Words never listen and teachers never learn G Am7 C F Now I'm warm from the candle but I feel to cold to burn [Pre-Chorus] He came from an island and he died from the street e|-------3------3------3------3---------0-------------0------| B|-----3------3------3------3---------3---3---------3---3----| G|----------------------------------0-------0-----0-------0--| D|-----------------------------------------------------------| A|---3------3------2------2----------------------------------| E|--------------------------------1-------------0------------| G Bb6 Em7/A Cadd9 He hurt so bad like a soul breaking but he never said nothing to me [Chorus] N.C. G D C7 Say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven N.C. G D C7 Say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven [Shorter Transition this time] e|--1--1--4--4--| B|--1--1--4--4--| G|--2--2--5--5--| (Just once) D|--3--3--6--6--| A|--3--3--6--6--| E|--1--1--4--4--| [Verse] G Am7 C Em New like a baby, lost like a prayer G Am7 C F The sky was your playground but the cold ground was your bed G Am7 C Em Poor stargazer she's got no tears in her eyes G Am7 C F Smooth like a whisper she knows that love heals all wounds with time [Pre-Chorus] Now it seem like too much love is never enough G Bb6 Em7/A Cadd9 You better seek out another road baby, coz this one has ended abrupt. [Repeat Chorus] G D C7 (x3) [Chorus chords under a guitar solo] G D C7 (x3) G D Am7 C (hold out the C to transition to the next line) (x1) G D C7 (x1) (quiet, bluesy ending of the guitar solo) [Short Transition] e|--1--1--4--4--| B|--1--1--4--4--| G|--2--2--5--5--| D|--3--3--6--6--| A|--3--3--6--6--| E|--1--1--4--4--| [Verse] G Am7 C Em I never wanted to write these words down for you G Am7 C F With these pages of phrases of things we'll never do G Am7 C Em So I blow out the candle and I put you to bed G Bb6 Since you can't say to me how the dogs broke your bone B C There's just one thing left to be said ..yeah.. [Repeat Chorus] G D C7 (x4) [Transition - basically barre chords of F, G#, and G] e|--1--1--4--4--3---------------| B|--1--1--4--4--3---------------| G|--2--2--5--5--4---------------| (This brief section x2) D|--3--3--6--6--5---------------| A|--3--3--6--6--5---------------| E|--1--1--4--4--3---------------| [Outro - like above] e|-------3------3------3------3---------0-------------0------| B|-----3------3------3------3---------3---3---------3---3----| G|----------------------------------0-------0-----0-------0--| D|-----------------------------------------------------------| A|---3------3------2------2----------------------------------| E|--------------------------------1-------------0------------|