C
She said she felt an aching,
                Em                   Am          C G
And went to lay down and died in her room, alone.
           C
He said he tried to wake her,
    Em                    Am
Oh, how he tried, but she didn't move
                  C        G
And he was in the T.V. room.
C     C        C      C        Am               G
Maybe on that day he loved her more than his own life
   C      C        C         C       Am                G
And maybe on that day he wished it was he who could have died
Am                           Em                     Am
Maybe on that day he felt his body disappear into the space
        C   G       C
Next to her on the bed.

C                      Em
Greg grew up under his dad's hand
     Am                                  C               G
Pushing tractors, pushing snuff into his face out in the field,
         C                                Em
But the doctors said his gut just wasn't fixable right now
    Am                          C              G
And anyway, a country man can't pay those city bills.

        C            C   C             C       Am       G
Well my uncle and aunt...they put him up in a hospital room.
         C      C         C            C            Am     G
And I remember they spent every night there in that hospital room
Am                                     Em                                
One day he said "Daddy, I see God, but I just ain't ready to go.
    Am                             C               G   C
But Grampa's at my shoulder, and he swears I'm not alone."

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C                          Em                Am       C G C
Well on that day, I saw my uncle cry for his dead son.
C           Em                    Am
We were all left alone, without a flag and gun salute
      C                              G
And I held my sister's hand as we sat silent in the pew.
   C       C      C        C       Am             G
Oh Katie, Katie, Katie, you spoke beautifully that day,
        Em
And I'm sure you know that firm handshake
     G                             C (once)
Meant more than he could ever ever say.