Chords for Riddy Arman | "Spirits, Angels, or Lies" | Western AF

[C] _ This song is about September 12th, 2003, which was the day Johnny Cash died.
My dad died _ a month later and _ this is a story that him and my mom [G] tell, well my mom tells.
_ _ And I guess I just wrote it in memoriam of my dad, _ Thomas [N] Arman, so yeah.
_ Do you believe in the story?
Yeah, _ I do.
_ Is that kind of comforting?
Yeah.
I'm gonna cry on _ international television. _ _ _
Yeah, I think it's very comforting.
And I think the fact that _ there's [Ab] a person involved, Johnny Cash, [N] _ that's connected to music, that's been comforting for _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ me. _
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Was a fall Friday morning, mid _ -September
_ _ _ Dad, he would die one month _ later _ _
Well, mom went to visit in the place he would _ pass _ _
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_ [D] _ Crossed [C] from the river [G] and [D] in front [C] of the _ tracks _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] He [C] said, you won't believe who came to my _ bedside
_ _ _ Johnny _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Cash on a freight [G] train sometime in the night _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, [C] he wanted me to go along for a ride
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_ _ But [D] I told him [C] I'd stay for my [G] children and [C] my wife
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_ Mom turned on the TV and blew her a surprise _ _
_ _ [G] Breaking _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ news this [G] morning, Johnny Cash has died _ _
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[C] Well, he passed away in Nashville sometime in the night
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[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] Well, the nurses told my mom, _ don't be _ _ _ surprised _ _ _
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Funny things [G] happen before someone dies _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] Well, you can call the spirits angels or lies _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ But [Am] you'll never [C] know what someone sees [G] with [C] their own _ _ eyes _ _ _ _ _
_ No, [A] you'll never know [C] what someone _ [A] sees with [D] their [C] own _ eyes
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] He [C] said, you won't believe who came to my _ bedside
_ Johnny _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Cash on a freight [G] train sometime in the night _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Well, he wanted me to go along for a ride _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ But [D] I told him [C] I'd stay [A] for my children [G] and [C] my wife _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Well, you can call the spirits _ angels or lies _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ But [A] you'll never [C] know what someone [G] sees with [C] their own _ eyes _ _ _ _ _ _
_ No, [A] you'll never know [C] what someone _ [Em] [A] sees with [C] their own _ _ _ eyes _ _ _ _ _ _
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