Two Gallants - Some Slender Rest

      
 
 basic chords
 
 Capo: 2nd fret
 
 C                 G     F 
 And I??m a go make my bed
                    C  
 Tuck in the other side
                        G   F 
 These confessions are mine 
                      C    
 But I??ll not claim a word
 
 C                   
 This restless parade
                      F 
 Yes I watched it go by
                           C  
 Through the cracks in my palm
                 G 
 Seen them all gone
                    C  
 Some sequence of lives
 
 C                       
 Well she calls out alone
                       F   
 With the pain in her voice
                   C        
 It??s the wound of betrayal
                     G     
 It??s the weapon of choice
 
                       C  
 Left her heart on display
                   F     
 Though that she??ll deny
                 C  
 Two tattoos of skin
                    G 
 One of ice one of tin
                        C  C7 
 For the days have gone by 
 
    Am       F            C   
 But I ain??t one to reminisce
      Am       F                   C    G 
 But close my heart and clench my fists 
 
                       C  
 Now the days swiftly pass
                         F  
 With the chest full of fear
                       C   
 Here the minutes are hours
                      G   
 But the moments are years
 
                        C    
 And old acquaintances passed
               F   
 In trios, in pairs
                          C 
 And if they stay or they go
                   G  
 One struggles to know
                   C   C7 
 One struggles to care 
 
     Am       F               C   
 But out beyond the Ten Tree walls
      Am         F                C    
 The wind blows hard the highway crawls
 
        Am          F        C       G 
 And if you should pass the James Hotel
  Am         C         G        F  
 Please stop in for I knew you well
      Am      F          C  
 But that was oh so long ago
       Am     F                 C  G 
 And I never learned how to let go 
 
                             C    
 But when you fear your own faults
                         F    
 And you??re sick of this life
                         C    
 When you??re reckless of hand
                    G   
 And trembling the knife
                            C   
 And all your doors prefer locks
                         F    
 And your death prefers spoons
                  C                      G    
 Why wouldn??t you wait one last laugh at fate
               C    C7 
 Forever??s too soon
 
      Am         F                C    
 But across the field death bell knells
         Am     F            C  
 Listen close hear the toll tell
 
    Am       F       C       G  
 To run and tell my darling true
     Am        C   
 My breath is short
     G        F 
 My days are few
     Am         G   
 So please come down
      F       G  
 And take my hand
     Am      G 
 My last demand
      Am     F                C  
 And lead me to some slender rest
      Am         F             C   G 
 And please dismiss what I confess 
 
 Outro: C F C G Am F C G Am C G F Am G F G Am G Am F C Am F C G C