Depression Descent

C D Em C D C G G When I stood with you D By the Christmas tree C Oh, your words were ugly G D You said death was on the marquee C G And you meant for yourself C G You did not mean for me Em D Em And happiness came and went C D C G Depres - sion, des - cent G So I drove you down D South to Mexico C And the moon was like a peach G D And the beach was white as snow C G We were waves in the water C G Flying high and the tide was low Em D Em G When the New Year came and went C D C G Depres - sion, des - cent D G We're watching Johnny Cash on the TV G C Em He says when you love someone you want for them to see C That when they're hit you're hurt D And when they're cut you bleed G They arrive, cut down D The Christmas trees C I can't write another word G D About what you meant to me C Though I'm sure I will G C For I am here G And you are free Em D Em Still I wish that you had stayed to see C D Em G Everything you're missing C G C G And how much you're missed by me G Still there's something in the feeling D That love must be a light C For I can feel it Em G D G Even in the darkness of this night C G We're all imprisoned by ourselves C G Though there's suffering inside C D Em Still love comes near and we're free C D Em G They're so many gifts under that tree C D C G Unopened gifts under that cut-down tree