My Side Of The Blues

089921601 C E F C C E F F#2 G2 C E F C B Am G F F E C C E F C When the days go drifting backwards C E F G and old friends' voices chew the air. C E F C B Am Well the shells make my ears get seasick - G F E C I know the ocean isn't really living there. C E F C And the pendulum doesn't swing for passion C E F G and even horror can't make those stubborn hands freeze. C E F C B Am But sometimes just a soft light lit in a bedroom G F E C can bring a tired traveller to his knees. C E F C E F She said "If you come to me I'll make it easy. C E F C E F If you come to me I'll make it easy for you. Em F So when you come to me you can breathe freely. C G2 F And I'll let you stand a while on my side C G2 F stand a while on my side C G2 F C C stand a while on my side of the blues." F F C E F C Well praise be to the rolling graveyards C E F G and to the heroes with their necklaces of seaweed. C E F C B Am Cinderella's got to be home before midnight G F E C so St. Christopher don't ever have to leave. C E F C And here's a toast to all the furious seasons C E F G that went and stole the blood out of baby's cheeks. C E F C B Am Though she was a one who always come so close to smiling G F E C she made crying seem like Christmas Eve. C E F C E F And she said "If you come to me I'll make it easy. C E F C E F If you come to me I'll make it easy for you. Em F So when you come to me you can breathe freely. C G2 F And I'll let you stand a while on my side C G2 F stand a while on my side C G2 F C C stand a while on my side of the blues." F F C E F C Well a tattooed body wrote himself into a fable C E F G the story of the pine needle and the sheep. C E F C B Am They found him hibernating beneath the coffee table. G F E C It turned out it was actually a human sleep. C E F C And the trees forgave the fire that went on burning C E F G 'til hope was all it left when the smoke cleared. C E F C B Am I'll forgive her body for deserting G F E C as soon as I recall why mine's still here C E F C E F She said "If you come to me I'll make it easy. C E F C E F If you come to me I'll make it easy for you. Em F So when you come to me you can breathe freely. C G2 F And I'll let you stand a while on my side C G2 F stand a while on my side C G2 F C C stand a while on my side of the blues." F F C E F C So the days launch forward leaving memories C E F G dragging swollen clouds across a robin's egg. C E F C B Am Like the beggar I know I'm bound to get clean eventually G F if I just keep walking up and down the street. F E C Up and the down the street.