6 Am

The Districts

A Flourish and a Spoil (2015)

Chords

C            Am
 It's 6AM, I'm shivering beneath the bed sheets
Dm
The pillowcase fell off last night when I
  F
 held it in my arms.
  C
 I read                     Am
Short stories, while you twitched in your sleep beside me,
Dm
your                        F
Breath it fell so heavy, as I sat there in the dark
    Dm                              F
And oh you whispered quiet, making friends beneath the
             C
Scenery of a sun cracked open sky beneath 
     B 
the dark lids           Dm
Of your eyes. You were skipping stones and I was still alone
     F
When I   turned off the light, scribbling 
       C
onto sticky notes
    G
I am scared and that's the best that I can say
C                      Am
I work a job to pay the debt I owe my family,
Dm
 to pay back for
             F                      C
That one time    I pushed your chin. All this hope I hold
      Am
 just buries                         Dm
Its evil in me out of sight, but it slips through a hole
                      F        
In my side I've seen another of me and you

C                               Am
So we'll climb in that Buick down 222, and I'll
             Dm                
Close my eyes, the sun goes down each time
   F
 I see the light
                  C
I swear it's true.    Because I've loved 
down with this crown watching
Am                              Dm
Old dogs age without whimpering, and I find it hard to say that
F
I am strong

C                                 Am
But I'll be sure with each passing breath to read you
                           Dm
Stories that are glimmering   with the light that reflected    
                                                                   F
Off these marigolds that caught my neck when I hit
The ground

   Dm                              F
And oh you whispered quiet, making friends beneath the
             C
Scenery of a sun cracked open sky beneath
     B
 the dark lids
Of your eyes.
           Dm                      
 You were skipping stones and I was still alone
      F
When I    turned off the light, scribbling
      C
 onto sticky notes
      Em
I am scared and that's the best that I can say


C                  Am
All we are is all we are and still I will become,
Em
 all I am and all
   F
I thought I can't recall because (X6)

Dm                                 F
And oh you whispered quiet, making friends beneath the
             C
Scenery of a sun cracked open sky beneath 
    B
the dark lids
Of your eyes.
         C              
 You were skipping stones and I was still alone
      F
When I    turned off the light, scribbling
      C
 onto sticky notes
     Em
I am scared and that's the best that I can say

C                       Am
I'm still tugging on your hand, like when I was innocent
F
We used to only lie when we needed sleep