Slow Death Hymn

[Intro/Continues through first verse]
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[Verse 1]
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 2000 was fired out from a cannon
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 The neighbors shot up at the lamps
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 We piled in the street and stood for our anthems
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 On top of the cars with bottles in hand
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 This year crept up, who could see it coming?
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 No one saw the signs, if any were there
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 The distant funeral marches drumming
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 I’ll take life, don’t care if it’s fair

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[Verse 2]
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 Read too many tales with terrible endings
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 Gods and machines that get in the way
A
 You thought we were home
                  D
Turns out we were renting
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 Until I am gone, I’m here to stay
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 Taken away, our friends, our lovers
A                   D
 By cancer, heroin, tragedy
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 It’s not the wakes I’m worried over
F#m              E               D     E
 It’s knowing we have to go to sleep

[Chorus]
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 If it’s a highway
     D              A
I am trying just to drive
     D              A
I am trying just to drive
     E              A    E
Stay awake and stay alive
F#m        A
 If it’s a highway
       D                A
I want you there at the side
       D                A
I want you there at the side
        E               A
 Still awake and still alive

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[Verse 3/Same pattern as last verse]
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 The songs we thought we’d have to bury
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 We faced ‘em head on right away
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 Every reason to cry, not one to worry
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 Drive faster and further is my only change
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 So tattoo our arms and raise our glasses
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 Call out your names this New Years Eve
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 And may the next time we kneel at a casket
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 We say, “At least the story’s complete.”

[Chorus]
A          E
 If it’s a highway
     D              A
I am trying just to drive
     D              A
I am trying just to drive
     E              A    E
Stay awake and stay alive
F#m        A
 If it’s a highway
       D                A
I want you there at the side
       D                A
I want you there at the side
        E               A
 Still awake and still alive

A          E
 If it’s a highway
     D              A
I am trying just to drive
     D              A
I am trying just to drive
     E              A    E
Stay awake and stay alive
F#m        A
 If it’s a highway
       D                A
I want you there at the side
       D                A
I want you there at the side
        E               A E D A
 Still awake and still alive

[Outro]
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