C              E
Your hands were cold

              Am
Your voice was shaky

C                  E       Am
One morning not too long ago

C          E                 Am
And at the time I was only a child

C       E                 Am
About to lose my childlike mind

            Dsus2
The way you touched my hands

        C     G    Am
Like you never had before

             G         Am    G
It wasn't you anymore  


[verse]

C              E
I called for my brothers

               Am
I called for my sisters

C                    E                 Am
But there was nothing left for them to do

        Dsus2
And so I watched from far away

       C    G    Am
As the ambulances came

                        G       Am  G
And started dressing for school  



[chorus]

C    G   Dm    Am     G
Good bye sweet mother earth

C    G      Dm        Am      G
With out you now I'm a Lonely Universe

         Dsus2
You won't always understand

           C      G         Am
When you’ve truly loved someone

                   G       Am   G
Until after they’ve gone  

[verse]


C            E               Am
This time of year the nights fall longer

C                  E     Am
So grow a spine or catch cold

C         E                           Am
The winter months they do make you feel stronger

C          E                   Am
But in the end it's all getting old

             Dsus2                     C   G   Am
And you won't always be walking the safest streets

                         G      Am   G
But you can find your way home  

[verse]


C  G        Dm  Am            G
If you have imagined your way back

C   G              Dm       Am        G
Then my dear you’re more than halfway there

             Dsus2
And you might only possess

           C       G       Am
What you've carried on your back

                       G
But you've always been free

        Am        G
Now it's time to believe

[verse]


C      G           Dm              Am             G
Time to give up that unforgiving act of altogetherness

      C    G            Dm      Am         G
And start living out your oldest childhood dreams

      C          G             Dm       Am        G
Well, losing your minds it ain’t half as bad as it seems

          Dsus2
And if you would take the risk

        C        G          Am
Well, it might be worth your time

               G
It's only your life

    Am         G
It's only going by

[chorus]


C   G   Dm   Am      G
Goodbye sweet mother earth

C   G      Dm        Am     G
Without you now I'm a Lonely Universe

         Dsus2
You won’t always understand

           C      G         Am
When you’ve truly loved some one

                  G        Am   G
Until after they’ve gone