On The Mend

Intro: F7 C F G C C G The mice tell bedtime stories F C Lullabies turned blue E7 Am G F C A crib song for the baby who has figured out the ruse C G E F7 I travelled half way 'round the world to tell a story with no end F C The dirt under a nation F G C Forsaken, on the mend Am Em F7 C I could say that for a moment it all made perfect sense Am Em F G No one holding posture, nothing heaven-sent Am Em E7 F7 Hold the hand that leads you, there's no god here to believe F C F G C What matters moves around us in the air we breathe. Instrumental: F C F G F E7 Am G F7 F C F G C C G There's nowhere left to sit F C It's the dirt ground or a broke-down bench E7 Am G F C Four walls and a rood- they say the house that Jesus Built C G E7 F7 A Child knows the kinds of a woman at her end F C In Song she found salvation F G C Forsaken, on the mend Am Em F7 C I could say that for a moment it all made perfect sense Am Em F G No unholy posture, nothing heaven-sent Am Em E7 F7 Hold the hand that leads you, there's no god here to believe F C F G C What matters moves around us in the air we breathe F C F G Am C What matters moves around us in the air we breathe F G C In the air we breathe.