| A | Bm |
| The m | an I learned to c | all my daddy |
| A | Bm |
| Leaving | mom and me a | lone |
| A | Bm |
| ‘Cause | I had ears and a | rms to shoulder |
| G | D | A | Bm |
| Half the ball of s | orrow that she c | ould not roll a | lone |
| G | D |
| I grew up and s | he grew old |
| G | D |
| Sudden as a s | nap of cold |
| G | D | A | Bm |
| There was nothing | left to hold me u | nder any m | ore |
| G | D |
| When s | he last had a l | ook at me |
| G | D | A | Bm |
| But t | his invisib | ility is w | hat I’m looking f | or |
| A | Bm |
| When A | ngeline and I | got married |
| G | D | A | Bm |
| She was everyt | hing I thought that | I could ever w | ant |
| G | D |
| I never thought I’d s | ee a sunrise |
| A | Bm |
| Without her right t | here beside me |
| G | D | A | Bm |
| Until I woke on M | ay fourteenth in n | ineteen-nine-n | ine |
| G | D |
| I looked at her s | leeping form |
| G | D |
| Cursed the day that | I was born |
| G | D | A | Bm |
| Cursed my mama and my p | a, and | walked out of the | door |
| G | D |
| I don’t know what m | ade me go |
| G | D |
| Something hard as f | rozen snow |
| G | D | A | Bm |
| In my chest and i | n my soul that | keeps me movin’ o | n |
| G | D |
| I don’t have the a | nswers |
| G | D/F# | E | A | Bm |
| Give me r | oom to s | tretch my legs and | wander for a f | ew |
| G | D | A | Bm |
| I’ll come back by e | vening and I’ll t | ell you what I’ve l | earned |
| G | D/F# | E | A | Bm |
| Or s | imply v | anish i | n the fog, n | ever to ret | urn |
| G | D/F# | E | A | Bm |
| Or s | imply v | anish i | n the fog, n | ever to ret | urn |
| G | D/F# | E | A | Bm |
| Or s | imply v | anish i | n the fog, n | ever to ret | urn |
| G | D/F# | E | A | Bm |
| Or s | imply v | anish i | n the fog, n | ever to ret | urn |
