Kettering by The Antlers
{title: Kettering}
{artist: The Antlers}
{album: Hospice}
{year: 2009}
{start_of_bridge: Intro}
[Am] [C] [Em] [Am]
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{start_of_verse: Verse}
I [Am]wish that I had known in
That first [C]minute we met,
The un[Em]payable debt
That I [Am]owed you.
'Cause [Am]you'd been abused
By that [C]bone that refused you,
And [Em]you hired me
To make [Am]up for that.
[Am]Walking in that room
When you had [C]tubes in your arms,
Those singing [Em]morphine alarms
Out of [Am]tune.
They kept you [Am]sleeping and eating,
And I [C]didn't believe them
When they [Em]called you
A hurricane [Am]thunderclap.
When [Am]I was checking vitals
I sug[C]gested a smile.
You didn't [Em]talk for awhile,
You were [Am]freezing.
You said you [Am]hated my tone,
It made you [C]feel so alone,
And so you [Em]told me
I ought to be [Am]leaving.
But [Am]something kept me standing
By that [C]hospital bed,
I should have [Em]quit but instead
I took [Am]care of you.
You made me [Am]sleep all uneven,
And I [C]didn't believe them
When they [Em]told me that there
Was no [Am]saving you.
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