C#
Before bed I'd read them the letters
Though they could not understand
                                G#
I seem to hear your voice coming through them
   C#
Oh I was so excited to see you
And knew what I was gonna wear
                                  G#
Picked my outfit out for months before


[Chorus]

                    C#
LORD help me I have tried
G#               A#m
Tried to stand before you
                           C#
But you're not of the same mind
     G#                A#m
That carried me to our bed
      F#      G#         A#m
And I look so hard right at you
    F#                    G#     C#
For some sign that you're coming back


[Verse 2]

  C#
I went to fight, gave it all I could
For the common man, for the common good
                              G#
But what I actually did was unspeakable
    C#
The man I was is far from sight
Too many wrongs can't make a right
                                 G#
I don't want to ruin your memory of me


[Chorus]

                 C#
God help me I've tried
G#             A#m
Tried to stay alive
                   C#
For the sake of my bride
        G#          A#m
And the wee ones at home
    F#          G#      A#m
But now I can't shut my eyes
        F#            G#   C#
Because then I see it all again


(Instrumental Break)


[Chorus]

                 C#
God save me I've tried
G#          A#m
Tried to relieve you
                C#
I left the rope tied
        G#                        A#m
And the chair in the corner by my bed
      F#            G#
And I don't want to live
            A#m
But I can't leave you
   F# G#  A#m
So here I am