Gm D# Cm D7
Took me years to make my motives clear
And the days have not been kind
Once a steady gaze and charming smile
Has been buried in the lines I find
Gm D# Cm D7
I walk in the noise, quiet employs
Gm D# Cm D7
And darkness seems to know just where I am
CHORUS:
D# Cm G G
Mother wash the devil from my hands
D# Cm G G
Pray the Lord I have the strength to stand
D# Cm G G
Mother, tell me was it all a lie?
D# Cm
Show me where the angels die
VERSE:
Gm D# Cm D7
There are words that never found my lips
There are words I’d soon forget
Thought the trick was never to look back
But it seems I’ve lost my grip, I slip
Gm D# Cm D7
The faster we run now, the closer the gun now
Gm D# Cm D7
And somehow all the bullets bear my name
CHORUS:
D# Cm G G
Mother wash the devil from my hands
D# Cm G G
Pray the Lord I have the strength to stand
D# Cm G G
Mother, tell me was it all a lie?
D# Cm G G
Show me where the angels die
SOLO: Chords from verse
VERSE
Gm D# Cm D7
Took the road but should have chased the stars
Now I’ve lost my own way home
Had a photo of the time we shared
But I burned it long ago, I know
Gm D# Cm D7
I struck the matches stuck in the ashes
Gm D# Cm D7
Forgive me, won’t you simply speak my name
CHORUS:
D# Cm G G
Mother wash the devil from my hands
D# Cm G G
Pray the Lord I have the strength to stand
D# Cm G G
Mother, tell me was it all a lie?
D# Cm G G
Show me where the angels die
