Cm7
(drums)
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[VERSE 1]
Cm7
    Lord, keep these mouths from longing,
Cm7
    Keep these walls from falling.
Cm7
    I put my time in plenty.
Cm7
    Provide for my family.


[PD-C HORUS 1] - ending chords are implied
        Cm
           Or have I been remiss? (Or have I, have I been remiss?)
                   Cm
           Or have I been remiss?

          (Or have I, have I been
Cm/Eb Gm7/D              Cm
           have I been remiss?)


[INTERLUDE 1]
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[VERSE 2]
Cm7
    Her heart is cooling on me. (On the road again)
Cm7
    We confer through our baby. (On the road again)
Cm7
    He’s walking talking New Orleans. (On the road again)
Cm7
    What am I to my family? (On the road again.)


[PD-C HORUS 2]
Cm
  Oh, have I been, have I been remiss?


[CHORUS]
          F                            Cm
And we’ve lived behind walls that have made us alone
F                         Cm
Searching for pieces that may be a home
F                    Cm
How in the world is another one gone?
Eb
Howling the words
D           C
Down, down, down...


[INTERLUDE]
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[VERSE 3]
Cm7
   (...)

    Lord, keep these wheels a turning,
Cm7
   (I’m always rolling through the world)

    Keep, these roads from burning.
Cm7
   (She’s walking talking, louder again)

    I put my time in. Spare me.
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   (It’s never stopping, you know)

    Have mercy, forgive me.


[VERSE 4]
Cm7
    So, trip the path unbeaten
Cm7
    Its all I know to give them
Cm7
    Whisper a prayer in tatters
Cm7
    And hope it matters.


[PD-C HORUS 3]
Cm
    And hope it matters.

    I hope it matters...


[CHORUS]
          F                            Cm
And we’ve lived behind walls that have made us alone
F                         Cm
Searching for pieces that may be a home
F                    Cm
How in the world is another one gone?
Eb
Howling the words
D           Cm
Down, down, down...


[OUTRO]
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Cm | | Bb/C | Bb    |
Cm | | Bb/C | Bb    |
Ab | |   Gm | Fm Eb |
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F/C | |
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 Eb