Chords for Before and After

_ _ _ [Fm] The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ dust settles after [Db] a hit and run,
[Fm] _ Wielded by [Db] the damaged dot.
[Ab] I don't know why we [Db] choose the roads we travel,
[Ab] Or how a life could [Db] get so unraveled.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] We'll live on [Db] _ [Ab] from then [Eb] until now,
By [Fm] the [Db] mercies received,
[Ab] All the marks [Eb] upon our brow.
[Fm] To my heart [Db] I'll collect [Ab] what the four winds [Eb] will scatter,
[Fm] And frame [Db] my life [Ab] by before [Db] and after.
[Ab] _ _ _
Once [Fm] a trick of [Db] light made me believe,
[Fm] A red fire was blazing [Db] from every tree.
_ [Ab] We held hands as [Db] the evening gathered,
I [Ab]
forgave myself for [Db] what I didn't ask her.
[Ab] _ _ Once [Fm] I saw the sky [Db] filled with falling stars,
I [Fm] bumped my head in the dark [Db] and it left a scar.
[Ab] I held on too tight before [Db] I let it go,
[Ab] Then forgave myself for [Db] what I didn't [Ab] know.
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Fm]
We'll [Db] live on [Ab] from then [Eb] until now,
[Fm] By the mercies [Db] received,
[Ab] All the marks [Eb] upon our brow.
To [Fm] my heart I'll [Db] collect what [Ab] the four [Eb] winds will scatter,
[Fm] And frame [Db] my life [Ab] by before [Db] and [Eb] after. _
_ _ _ [Db] I've stretched my soul [Ab]
over fifty states,
[Bbm] And I have lived on fumes [Cm] and religious cornflakes.
Once [Db] I dreamt my [Ab] shoes had grown thin and battered,
[Bbm] And forgave myself [Db] for what I didn't know.
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] God said, Cain, [Db] where is your brother?
[Fm] _
And who will tell [Db] his grieving mother?
_ [Ab] _ Jacob dreamt an [Db] angel called his name,
[Ab] And he never [Db]
was quite the same.
[Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _
We'll [Db] live _ [Ab] on from then [Eb] until now,
[Fm] By the mercies [Db] received,
[Ab] All the marks [Eb] upon our brow.
To [Fm] my heart [Db] I'll collect [Ab] what the four winds [Eb] will scatter,
[Fm] And frame [Db] my life [Ab] by before [Db] and after. _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
Thank you. _ _ _ _ _