Deathbed


These are the chords to the song Deathbed. The tabs before were not totally accurate, because this song is so amazing, I wanted to get a 100% accurate version out. I have a chord chart. i am not a chord name fundi but the chords are right even if the names arn't. Enjoy! A Am A/Ab OR A/Ab A/G Bb Bm Bm7 x02220 X02210 4X2400 4X2450 3X2400 X13331 X24432 X24232 C Cm C/G OR C/G C/E Cm/Eb D X32010 X35543 332010 33555 032010 x6554x X0232 D/C# D/C D/F# D/F# Em7 F OR F G5 x4x232 X3X232 200232 200230 022030 133211 XX3211 320022 G Gm G/B Gm/Bb G/D OR G/D OR G/D 355433 355333 X2X022 X1X022 XX0022 X50322 XX0787 Intro: F I can smell the death on the sheets, covering me C G I can't believe this is the end Chorus: C F G Am But this is my deathbed I lie here alone C F G C If I close my eyes tonight I know I'll be home Verse 1: C Gm The year was nineteen forty one I was Bb F Eight years old and Far far too young C Gm To know that the stories Of battles and glory Bb F Was a tale a kind mother made up for her son You see C Gm Dad was a traveling preacher Bb F Teaching the words of the Teacher C Gm But mother had sworn went off to the war Bb F And died there with honor somewhere on a beach there Am A/Ab But he left once to never return C/G D/F# Which taught me that I should unlearn Fmaj7 C/E Whatever I thought a father should be Cm D I abandoned that thought Like he abandoned me D D/C# By forty seven I was fourteen D/C G/B I'd acquired a taste for liquor and nicotine Gm/B D/A I smoked until I threw up A A/Ab A/G D/F# Yet I still lit 'em up for thirty more years Like a machine Fmaj7 C So right there you have it Fmaj7 C That one filthy habit Dm C G Is what got me where I am today Intro: Fmaj7 I can smell the death on the sheets Covering me C G I can't believe this is the end FamJ7 I can hear those sad memories Still haunting me C G So many things I'd do again Chorus: C F G Am But this is my deathbed I lie here alone C F G C If I close my eyes tonight I know I'll be home Verse 2: C Gm I got married on my twenty first Bb F Eight months before my wife would give birth C Gm It's easier to be sure you love someone Bb F When her father inquires with the barrel of a gun Am Am/G# The union was far from harmonious C/G D/F# No two people could have been more alone than us Fmaj7 C/E The years would go by and she'd love someone else Cm D And I realized I hadn't been loved yet myself D D/C# D/C And there's your typical spiel Yeah, if life was a highway G/B Gm/Bb D/A I was drunk at the wheel I was helping the loose ends All fall apart A A/Ab A/G D/F# Yeah I swear I was destined to fail And fail from the start Fmaj7 C I bowled about six times a week Fmaj7 C The bottle of Beam kept the memories from me Fmaj7 C The marriage had taken a seven-ten split Dm C G Along with my pride the ex-wife took the kids Intro: F I can smell the death on the sheets covering me G C I can't believe this is the end F I can hear those sad memories still haunting me so many things G C I'd do again Chorus: C F G Am But this is my deathbed I lie here alone C F If I close my eyes tonight G C I know I'll be home Verse 3: C Gm I was so scared of Jesus but He sought me out Bb F Like the cancer in my lungs that's killing me now C Gm And I've given up hope on the days I have left Bb F But I cling to the hope of my life in the next Am A/Ab Then Jesus showed up said "Before we go" A/G D/F# "I thought that we might reminisce" Fmaj7 C/E "See one night in your life When you turned out the light" Cm/Eb D "You asked for and prayed for my forgiveness" Bridge: D Bm A You cried wolf The tears they soaked your fur G5 Em7 The blood dripped from your fangs D A You said, "What have I done?" Em7 D Bm You loved that lamb With every sinful bone A G5 Em A And there you wept alone Your heart was so contrite Em7 D G5 You said, "Jesus, please forgive me of my crimes Em7 D G5 Sanctify this withered heart of mine Em D G5 Stay with me until my life is through Em7 D G5 And on that day please take me home with you" Intro: G5 I can smell the death on the sheets covering me D A I can't believe this is the end G5 I can hear You whisper to me, "It's time to leave Bb D A You'll never be lonely again" Chorus: D G5 A Bm But this was my deathbed I died there alone D G5 A G/D D G/D D repeat. When I closed my eyes tonight You carried me home Jon Foreman of Switchfoot sings, as the voice of Jesus:] Outro: D D/F# Bm7 G A I am the Way follow Me and take My hand D D/F# Bm7 A G And I am the Truth, embrace Me and you'll understand D D/F# D/C G And I am the Light and for Me you'll live again G A Bm G A Bm For I am Love I am Love D Em G A D I----I , I am Love That's it. Just use my chord chart and you'll do fine. Please rate! God Bless!