Verse: F# C# The air begins to feel a little thin A#m G# As I start the car and then I begin F# C# To add the miles piled up behind me A#m G# I barely feel a smile deep inside me F# C# And I begin to envy the headlights driving south A#m G# I want to crack the door so I can just fall out F# C# But then I remember when you packed my car A#m G# You reached in the back and bucked up your heart F# C# A#m G# For me to drive away with Chorus: F# C# A#m I began to understand G# F# Why God died F# C# A#m G# x2 Verse: F# C# The demon sat there waiting on her porch A#m G# It was a little dark so we held a makeshift torch F# C# And when my car was far out of sight A#m G# He crept in her room and stayed there for the night F# And then I felt chills in my bones C# The breath I saw was not my own A#m I knew my skin that wrapped my frame G# Wasnʼt made to play this game F# And then I saw Him, torch in hand C# He laid it out, what he had planned A#m And then I said, Iʼll take the grave G# Please, just send them all my way F# C# A#m G# Chorus: F# C# A#m I began to understand G# Why God died F# C# A#m G# x2 Outro: F# C# The air begins to feel a little thin A#m G# As weʼre waiting for the morning to begin F# C# But for now you told me to hold this jar A#m And when I looked inside, I saw G# It held your heart F# C# A#m G# For me to walk away with F# C# A#m I began to understand G# Why God died F# C#