Transcribed by: BJ Woodward (sk8ing_woody@hotmail.com)

Tuning: Standard

(I woke up one morning and he was dead)

   C    C#   C    C# D#
G|-5----6----5----6--8-|
D|-5----6----5----6--8-| Twice muted,then 4x full with two guitars
A|-3----4----3----4--6-|
E|---------------------|

repeat this throughout verse:

in a time of quietness i reflect on childhood memories caught
wisping through my mind falling leaves create the stage words
spoken were not cherished

C# C 4x
   C          F#
G|------------11-|
D|-10---------11-|
A|-10---------9--| repeat 4x
E|-8-------------|

on the last day of our friendship
and those words were possibly the last what were your thoughts

bass line-C C# D C# *F# *F  (* is a power chord) end on *C
as a dreaming child i awaken to a nightmare after a gentle
nudge i find out you're gone

C F F# 14x muted, then 16x unmuted
the machines that kept you alive
were careless did you ask Him to forgive you before you passed on

repeat intro

F# F 8x end on C
you slipped away into the ground.. you broke the vanity...
you brought the silence ... (i hope you are with Jesus)