Acoustic Chords Asus2 x0220x F#m 24422x E 02210x F 13321x A x0222x D xx023x [Verse 1] Asus2 e|------------|------------|------------|------------| B|-------0----|----------0-|------------|------------| G|------------|----2-------|------14-13-|--10----9---| D|----2-----2-|-------0----|------------|--10----9---| A|-0----------|------------|---14-------|--8-----7---| E|------------|-2----------|-0----------|------------| There’s a saltwater film on the jar of your ashes I threw them to sea but a gust blew them backwards And the sting in my eyes that you then inflicted Was par for the course just as when you were living [Verse 2] It’s no stretch to say you were not quite a father But a donor of seeds to a poor single mother That would raise us alone we never saw the money that That went down your throat through the hole in your belly Asus2 [Verse 3] Thirteen years old in the suburbs of Denver Standing in line for Thanksgiving dinner At the Catholic church the servers wore crosses To shield from the sufferance plaguing the others [Verse 4] Styrofoam plates cafeteria tables Charity reeks of cheap wine and pity And I’m thinking of you I do every year When we count all our blessings and wonder what we’re doing here [Interlude] |------------| G|----------4-1------------| D|------------2-1--4/6--| x20 A|--0------------| |------------| [Verse 5] You’re a disgrace to the concept of family The priest won’t divulge that fact in his homily I’ll stand up and scream if the mourning remain quiet You can deck out a lie in a suit but I won’t buy it [Verse 6] I won’t join in the procession that’s speaking their peace Using five dollar words while praising his integrity And just cause he’s gone it doesn’t change the fact He was a bastard in life thus a bastard in death yeah [Outro] Ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-da Ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-da Ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-da Ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-da Ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-da Ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-da Ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-da Ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-da Ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-da Ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-da