A Lullaby, Sort Of chords by Tim Kasher

SimplifiedG · Gm · Bb · Em · D …

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Mother's found a lump
Bb 
Suddenly, everyone's preparing for a visit
Em 
D 
C 
We need to say the words she never said
G 
She's bought a wig for going out
But when it itches,
Bb 
she lets her hair down
D 
C 
We avert our eyes from death
Em 
C 
D 
G 
And won der which of
C 
G 
C 
us is next

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Verse 2

Summer's slumbers kept

us younger

The world's a perfect place

When you don't know what's

swept under the rug

Just the nose upon your face

Don't look behind the curtain

In innocence, we are all saints

Interlude 1

Verse 3
father lost his father to a cancer
Bb 
That left everyone unanswered
Em 
Now no  one dares to
D 
ask about him anymore
C 
G 
I wonder if his father had lived
Bb 
Could they have settled their differences?
D 
C 
Will we settle ours yet
Em 
D 
Or bear these grudges to
C 
G 
our deaths?

Verse 4
C 
G 
C 
Autumn's fallen, hallways darken
G 
C 
G 
Em 
The world's a  scary place
G 
C 
It's best not to know
what's under the bed
D 
Behind the closet door
G 
Em 
Your in  nocence is bliss
G 
Don't sully it with what's unknown
C 

Verse 5
G 
Winter's fingers are boa
C 
constrictors
G 
C 
The world is full of heartbreak and lust
D 
And maddening joy
Em 
One begets the other
C 
G 
I don't regret the honey
C 
D 
or the sting
G 
C 
D 
Now I lay me down to sleep
G 
C 
D 
Now I lay me down to sleep
G 
Now I lay me down to sleep