Satisfied Man

Intro: C F C F C F Dm G C F C F There's somethings you never get over C F Dm G Whatever your parents say C F C F First on my list of these three things Dm F Is the sight of my father walking away C F C F Next on my list would be heaven C F Dm G I already know what it's like C F C F Dm F Cause I fell in love when I was 16 with the absolute love of my life C F C F Last on my list would be losing C F Dm G But someone always needs to win C F C F Dm F And thumbing your nose at the boss I suppose just feels like a beautiful thing F G And it's something that nobody tells you Am G F C You figure it out if you can C F C F Well there's one thing on earth that no one can touch Am G F C It's the sleep of a satisfied man Am G F C Yeah the sleep of a satisfied man C F C F And I don't know why I love the leaving C F Dm G But it's not from lack of loving you C F C F Dm F You can't remember when you stopped breathing and I can't remember it too C F C F But I'm coming home tomorrow C F Dm G And I wanted you to know C F C F Dm F That the part of me that can make you smile is the same part that needed to go F G And it's something that nobody tells you Am G F C You figure it out if you can C F C F Well they can't interfere or get inside here Am G F C It's the sleep of a satisfied man Am G F C Yeah the sleep of a satisfied man F G Of all the things I've had to learn Am One won't quit G F C No matter how I try Am One won't quit G F C It's all that I can stand Am One won't quit G F C I'll never learn to say goodbye F G But I hope for your sake that you can C F C F And on April 2nd the birth of my heart C F Dm G The day that the zombie awoke with a start C F C F When I fell for Button and she fell for me Dm F Back in the spring of 1993 C F C F C F Dm G January 7th 2005 the birth of my blood came fully to life C F C F When I see St. Peter and ask for my wings Dm F Just leave me that memory and the joy that it brings F G It's something that nobody tells you Am G F C You figure it out if you can C F C F It's the things that you never get over Am G Build the character of a man F G And if heaven and family and children Am G F C Are what's left of me when I die C F C F Am G F C Then I hope for your sake that you're better than me at this learning to say goodbye F G Yeah if heaven and family and children Am G F C Are what's left of the race that I ran C F C F Then I'll quietly slip to the slumbering peace of the Am G F C sleep of a satisfied man Am G F C Yeah the sleep of a satisfied man Am G F C Yeah the sleep of a satisfied man I'm satisfied Outro: C F C F C F Dm G C