Jim Wise

Intro:

C F C Am G

C                                      F           C
Spent the day with my dad and his old friend, Jim Wise.
               Am                    G
He's on house arrest and he sits around and sighs.
C                                           F
We brought him food from Panera Bread, the snoring son rolled out of bed,
Am                                       G
He talked about his ninety Corvette, his warehouse job, and his knee replacement.

C

C                                   F                   C
Jim Wise mercy killed his wife in a hospital at her bedside,
                   Am                   G
And he put the gun to his head and it jammed and he didn't die.
C                                        F                          C
He awaits trial all summer long and his eyes welled up when he told us
                    Am                  G
about how much she loved the backyard garden and the budding rosebush.

F               C

                Am                     G
She loved the garden, and its budding rosebush.
           F                                   C
Spent the day with my dad, and his friend Jim Wise.


C                                      F           C
Spent the day with my dad and his old friend, Jim Wise.
                      Am                    G
He's got a big thick ankle bracelet and he can't go outside.
C                                            F     C
He's got a long white Amish man's beard and a catheter,
                        Am                      G
And he'll be headed to Mansfield prison by the end of the year for sure.


C                              F
His shelves are sticky old ratty boards,
F
His albums are The Doors and Stevie Nicks,
Am
His kitchen cabinets are full of baked beans,
G
His TV is silent, words flash across the screen
    C
and he stares off into dead air.




C                                         F             C
Jim Wise killed his wife out of love for her at her bedside.
                        Am                   G
And then he put the gun to his head but he failed at suicide.
C                                          F                                C
His trial's coming up in the fall and he sighed when we stepped out and we left.
                        Am             G
And I pointed out the pretty cardinal perched on the empty birdbath.

F       C

               Am                   G
The bright red cardinal, the empty birdbath.
           F                                C
Spent the day with my dad and his friend Jim Wise.