Key: G minor
Intro 1
Em
G
C
G
Bm
Verse 1
Em
In the middle of hell
G
lies a little St. Peter
C
in a hospital bed
G
burning up
Verse 2
Em
Bm
Em
With a cloth to his head
G
he is ridden by fever
C
and I can't even tell
G
Bm
whether the demons have won
Verse 3
Am
D
And his mother is there with his brother
Em
G
Em
tied to her back
Am
D
praying as hard as she can to a god in
G
Bm
a land that I think he forgot
Verse 4
Em
In the middle of hell
G
where death by mosquito
C
is as everyday as my coffee
G
or your cigarette
Verse 5
Bm
Em
And she says God bless me
Bm
she says God bless me
G
and I shake my head
C
cause I can't see God in
Bm
this hospital bed
Verse 6
Em
She says God bless me
Bm
she says God bless me
G
and I look away
C
but as she lets go of my hand for
Bm
Em
the first time in this place
Verse 7
Em
I pray
Bm
Amen
Amen
G
C
Verse 8
Bm
Em
I got plenty to give
G
but there's nothing to offer
C
and the little I brought
G
Bm
B
comes far too late
Bm
But
Verse 9
Em
I urge him to leave
G
with a bottle of water
C
he is 7 years old
G
Bm
sleeping outside pearly gates
Verse 10
Am
D
And his mother looks at me with eyes
Em
Bm
G
I will never let go
Em
Am
D
they are angry and sad beyond measure and mad
G
Bm
with a child-bearing love love that I know
Verse 11
Em
In the middle of hell
G
we just sit with each other
C
on a hospital bed
G
Em
begging for death to go home
Bm
And she says
Verse 12
Em
God bless me
Bm
she says God bless me
G
and I shake my head
C
cause I can't see God in
Bm
this hospital bed
Verse 13
Em
She says God bless me
Bm
she says God bless me
G
and I look away
C
but as she lets go of my hand for
G
Bm
Em
the first time in this place
Verse 14
Em
I pray
Bm
G
Amen
Amen
C
Verse 15
Bm
Em
In the middle of hell
G
lies a little St. Peter
C
in a hospital bed
G
burning up
Bm
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