[Intro] 
GAm7D9Am7GEmC G x2
[Intro-verse] 
GCGEmCG If only for my tongue, if only for my mouth
EmCGDEmCG Find my words to speak, dribble out, fall out
 [Intro-break] 
GAm7D9Am7GEmC G
[Intro-verse] 
GCGEmCG And it waited in his skin, buried deep within
EmCGDEmCG It buried Lilian, and now it waits, waits for him
 [Intro-break II] 
GAm7D9Am7GEmC G x2
[Intro-verse] 
GCGEmCG And the day has arrived, a civil war inside
EmCGDEmCG The cells, they multiplied, da da da, da da da
 [Song-intro] 
GCGD/F#EmCG x2
[Chorus] 
GCGD/F#EmCG Held on to hope like a noose, like a rope
GCGD/F#EmCG God and medicine take no mercy on him
EmCGEmCG Poisoned his blood, and burned out his throat
EmCG Enough is enough,
DEmCG He's a long way from home
 [Break] 
GCGD/F#EmCG
[Chorus] 
GCGD/F#EmCG Days of my youth wasted on a selfish fool
GCGD/F#EmCG Who ran for the hills from the hand you were dealt
EmCGEmCG I flew far away, as far as I could go
EmCG Your time is running out
DEmCG And I'm a long way from home
 [Break] 
GCGD/F#EmCG x2
[Chorus] 
GCGD/F# EmCG Laid up in bed, you were laid up in bed
GCGD/F#EmCG Holding the pain like you're holding your breath
EmCGEmCG I prayed you could sleep, sleep like a stone
EmCG You're right next to me
DEmCG But you're a long way from home
 [Break] 
GCGD/F#EmCG x2
[Chorus] 
GCGD/F#EmCG Hospital gowns never fit like they should
GCGD/F#EmCG We yelled at the nurse, didn't do any good
EmCGEmCG More morphine, the last words you moaned
EmCG At last I was sure
DEmCG That you weren't far away from home
 [End] 
GCGD/F#EmCG x2