The Lowering (A Sad Day In Greenvilletown)

 4 -4 -5   5     5   -5    -4   4<br />If I had known, your heart was down<br /> 4   -5  5  -4   4  -4   5     -4 <br />That lonely day in Greenville town<br />  4  5  -4    -5   6    -6   -5   5<br />Then I would have been more concerned<br /> 4  -5 5  -4 6  -5 5   -4<br />But later on I truly learned<br /> 4  -4  5   -5   6  -6 6  5<br />How it can feel in every bone<br />-4  4 4   -4     5   -5   6 5 <br />To really see you're all alone<br /> 4   -4    5    6    5    -5<br />But I'll I'll kiss your head<br /> 4     5     6    5    -5<br />When death finds your bed<br /> 4    5   -4  43<br />And you are gone<br /><br /> 4   4 -4 -5   5   5   -5 -4  4   4 <br />And if I had seen,the way it would be<br /> 4   -5     5    -4      4   -4  5   -4 4<br />I'd hushed your cries, when you came to me<br /> 4 5  -4   -5   6  -6  -5 5  5<br />If I could do what I did to you<br /> 4   -5  5  -4   4  -4  5    -4   4   4  -4  4<br />The same to me that I would love for you to see<br /> 4   -4   5   6    5 -5<br />That I sleep with remorse<br /> 4   -4 5   5      6    5  -5<br />And regret hangs round my door...<br /> 4  5 -4   43<br />For ever more.<br /><br /> If I had known the lowering tide<br /> Was lowering with the way you felt inside<br /> If I had known all hope was gone<br /> A broken heart and a broken home<br /> That pierced, my lover's past<br /> And carved a lonely path...<br /> For her to walk<br /><br /> So if ever someone one says to you,<br /> Life isn't fair, get used to it<br /> Then you should say 'Well it might be<br /> If folks like you would let it be"<br /> But I'll kiss your head<br /> When death becomes my bed<br /> And I am gone