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"Alone when She Dies"

The Drama of Alienation

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intro: C E A C7 F G F E D C

   C              E           A C7                      F

If I could have any expectations and looked back a generation,

G       F E D C

what would be the case?

   C      E               A

My grandmother died with the mind of a child

C7 F G F E D C

All she did was smile and couldn't recognize my face.

F       G       C

It's sad but nothing more.

     F    G             C

I didn't feel better than the time I did before.

F   G    C              Bb             A

And in my head the feeling's coming, coming closer, closer all the time.

G

Stronger though sublime.

C   C/B      A          G               F     Ab         C

Now feel the rain wash away the sin and guilt of what's left.

C   C/B   A             G                F    Ab       C

My window pane...I write her name in the steam from my breath.

C E A C7 F G F E D C

C             E                A    C7                 F

My grandmother on my mom's side was alone when she died,

    G    F E D C

her family moved away.

C E    A        C7        F   G

Who's to say my mom's not the same? Living across the USA.

                  F E D C

Getting old and gray.

F       G       C

It's sad but nothing more.

     F    G             C

I didn't feel better than the time I did before.

F   G    C              Bb             A

And in my head the feeling's coming, coming closer, closer all the time.

G

Stronger though sublime.

C   C/B      A          G               F     Ab         C

Now feel the rain wash away the sin and guilt of what's left.

C   C/B   A             G                F    Ab       C

My window pane...I write her name in the steam from my breath.