If You Never Got Sick
words and music by Jakob Dylan
off Red Letter Days (2002)
Chords:
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(2)=XXX01X
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Capo@ 4th Fret
Intro:
.......... play 2x
That ain't a parachute
That ain't a rip cord
That ain't a body of water
We're headed for
There's so little time left
So much to be done
Even you are gonna need someone
That ain't a trick of light
Or the morning haze
Coming in from the lake
Getting into your eyes
It's the invisible breath
Of a storm on the rise
That I feel whenever you arrive
Now I may not be quick
Maybe never was
But tell me what the hell it is
That you've become
(chorus)
Baby if you never got sick
I wouldn't get to hold you
Baby if you never got sick
I would never get to hold you
This ain't a righteous love
Even a good one
These ain't the kinds of returns
I was thinking of
I'm unbearable now
You ain't seen nothing yet
You'll see me dead
Before you see me quit
That ain't a jug of wine
That you've been drinking from
Now lay back now baby
Let your fever come
I will you bury you in
Just to dig you out
I haven't a use
For being proud
The deeper the slide
The higher the rise
But don't be disapointed
How I usin' mine
(repeat chorus)
(2)
I think I made a mistake
(2)
I pushed when you said to wait
But I never get to hold you
I follow you deep into a barren field
There was someone you were running from
When I need to sleep
That's when you disappeared
But I did get the impossible done
Now I always knkew
There was God inside you
I just never did learn which one
(repeat chorus)
Outro
(2)........./...........(2)........
--D-G--when switching from D-G do this little thing.
-0h2-3-
B-3---3-
G-2---0-
D-0---0-
A-----2-
E-----3-