Intro: Bm-A-G--F#m- Bm-G-D-A- Verse 1: Bm A All my friends have G gone away Sailing vessels leaving the F#m Bm bay For the best A four years and the G promise of pay But D they don't even know A what they're chasing G Greater men have Bm A tried and failed Chorus 1: G And all this time D Bm I thought that I'd A stay As a ghost who Bm would haunt this D/F# G mountain And all D this time I thought Bm A that I'd stay Alive in the ground Bm A D digging out my coffin Verse 2: G Time was short on courts and pavement We knew we had to D leave But did I make the most of every day And did I give to not G receive? Are there any better words to express the full extent of my G D/F# grief? It hits home A D It hits home when Bm you're not home A G where you're not home D/F# There's no space to A grow and all this D Bm A time not much to show Chorus 2: G And all this time D Bm I thought that I'd A stay As a ghost who Bm would haunt this D/F# G mountain Maybe I D Bm should hold my tongue A And do my best to live Bm with the stress that's A G mounting I never thought D Bm A I never thought a bond Bm D/F# was something we lacked G D Bm I gotta find another way A Bm A G(hold) to keep myself intact Interlude: G D/F# A G D/F# D x2 Bridge: G I understand we all D/F# went away so we could A G have the stories to D/F# D share when we're back G D/F# Try to pass the same A G old sh*t to get a ahead and start your paper D/F# D G stack I never thought D/F# A G I never thought a bond D/F# D was something we lacked G I guess some of us just D/F# A G needed a change to heal D/F# D the bones we cracked Interlude: G D/F# A D Bm A x2 Outro: G D/F# A It takes four years D Bm away from your friends A G D/F# To make you all forget A D Bm A G(hold) how much time you spent
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