Intro: D Bm G 


D                                  Bm G 
all the trees stood like skeletons 
D                         Bm G 
silhouettes of spilled ink 
D                                    Bm                 Bsus2 
and the snows fell in sheets and got wrapped around our feet 
Bsus2                           A 
we built the fire evermore with winter beating at the door 

Bm Bsus2 

D                                  Bm G 
brother's eyes were getting heavier 
D                            Bm G 
his bony hands cold and white 
D                                              Bm           Bsus2 
and I could hear his ragged breathing like the wind along a knife 
Bsus2                        A                          G 
there beside him through the night, in the hum of candlelight 
Bsus2                D 
I no longer felt the time 

D Bm Bsus2 A 

D 
brother woke just after midnight 
Bm 
and he didn't make a sound 
D                                                               Bm 
and as he climbed from out of bed with severed rings around his head 
Bsus2           A         D 
his feet didn't touch the ground 

G 
I could feel it then 
A 
a tiny miracle 
Bm 
so I followed him 
D 
into the woods 
G 
crossed beneath the trees 
A          Bm 
but only I left my prints in tow 
D 
he was afloat 
G 
found a lonely tree 
A        Bm 
and tied himself within its limbs 
D 
and he said to me these words: 
G 
"don't you fear for me, 
A                          D 
I am where I'm supposed to be." 

D 
and when I woke he was gone 
G 
and I was wrapped in blankets on the lawn 
Bm                      Bsus2 
the sky was blue and my skin matched the hue 
G 
and I could hear mother crying in your room 
A 
from here on out I wear this face for both of us 

G A Bm G (2x) 

D Bm G (2x) 

Finish on: D