The Paper And The Ink

Capo: 6th fret Intro C/G Dm F G C/G [Verse 1] C/G Dm Your arrow ain't sharp but age may deadly your aim F G C/G If I'll kill and get killed my dear, would you love me the same C/G Dm And as I get older, I realize that time has a way F G C/G And the patience you've build in your youth will discern how you age Chorus Dm And some song I'd swore I'd never sing Am From years before I held a dream Dm My pages worn like oaths I keep F G C/G I'll die between the paper and the ink [Verse 2] C/G Dm This journal ain't mine but it's filled with my misery F G C/G Passed down by a friend who was taken too soon to complete C/G Dm And bound in the blood of living like we were deceased F G C/G Now I live with the debt that it easily could have been me Chorus Dm And some song I'd swore I'd never sing Am From years before I held a dream Dm My pages worn like oaths I keep F G C/G I'll die between the paper and the ink [Verse 3] C/G Dm So lay your head easy, don't shed tears for me F G C/G We are given this life but nobody said it was free C/G Dm Oh, ooooh, oooooh, ohohohooo, Ooh F G Am Mhhhhh-Mhhhh-Mhhhh-Mhhhh-Mhhh Chorus Dm And some song I'd swore I'd never sing Am From years before I held a dream Dm My pages worn like oaths I keep F G C/G I'll die between the paper and the ink