Caskets

Intro: 
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F             C              Am 
  If I don't wake tomorrow morning 
                   C/B    C      F 
Empty shoes on the side  of the hall 
           C                E 
And if my number, it stops calling 
                                 F 
Picture frames hanging up by the door 
            C 
You try to reach right in 
      E             Am         C/B 
And hold on to the little things 
      C     F        C 
But  they slip away. 
           E 
But it's okay 
 

 
                          F     C Am 
'Cause I had a hell of a time. 
                    C/B    C     F   C E 
Know that I had the time  of my life. 
                    F 
So remember me and smile 
           C                  Am          C/B 
All of the souls heading back home down a one-way 
Am 
road 
C/B    F 
So it goes 
C                   E 
 Until the caskets close 
 

 
F            C                Am 
 And if you get that sinking feeling 
                   C/B    C  F 
Thinking about the time  we shared 
          C                    E 
I hope it helps you with your healing 
                        F 
Knowing that I wasn't scared 
             C 
I savored everything 
    Am        C/B        Am 
I pressed the world  up against my skin 
       F               C 
I was lucky    I guess. 
                     E 
I always found the beauty in the mess 
 

 
                F                      C 
You gotta hold on to the little things. 
                  E                Am 
But you gotta let go just a little bit 
       C/B     C   F                       C 
When another  one goes one will find their wings 
                             E                       Am 
Then they'll find their way home, little take and give 
           F                       C 
Into the unknown and the changing tides 
             Am         C/B     Am 
The sun sets low on an endless  sky 
                  F                  C 
So much we don't know, I don't know why 
             E 
But I'll be fine 
 

 
                          F     C Am 
'Cause I had a hell of a time. 
                    C/B    C     F   C E 
Know that I had the time  of my life. 
                    F 
So remember me and smile 
           C                  Am          C/B 
All of the souls heading back home down a one-way 
Am 
road 
C/B    F 
So it goes 
C                   E 
 Until the caskets close 
 

 
F                       C 
 Raise the toast as the curtains close 
         E               Am 
And the sunset fades to black 
         F                 C 
So the story goes, we all walk with ghosts 
     E              Am  C/B C 
No one-way tickets back. 
     F                C 
The casualties of our memories 
      E                      Am 
That slip right through the cracks 
         F                    C 
All the inside jokes and the times we spoke 
           E            Am 
Will stay frozen in the past 
 

 
                F                     C 
You gotta hold on to the little things. 
                  E                    Am 
But you gotta let go just a little bit. 
                     F                        C 
I guess we'll never know what tomorrow brings. 
                          E                      Am 
But just know you're not alone in the thick of it. 
                F                      C 
I know it feels cold when the caskets close 
          E                  Am 
Stories untold on a headstone 
                    F                C 
For those who grow old it'll fly by.. 
                    E 
In the blink of an eye 
 

 
                           F     C Am 
So we'll have a hell of a time. 
                         C/B       C   F     C E 
Know that we'll have the time  of our lives. 
                    F 
So remember us and smile 
            C                 Am           C/B 
All of the souls heading back home down a one-way 
Am 
road 
        F  C 
So it goes.. 
                   E 
Until the caskets close 

                           F     C Am 
So we'll have a hell of a time. 
                         C/B       C   F     C E 
Know that we'll have the time  of our lives. 
                    F 
So remember us and smile 
            C                 E 
All of the souls heading back home down a one-way 
Am 
road 
        F  C 
So it goes.. 
                   E 
Until the caskets close