Intro:

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C                                      F           C
Spent the day with my dad and his old friend, Jim Wise. 
               Am                    G
He's on house arrest and he sits around and sighs. 
C                                           F
We brought him food from Panera Bread, the snoring son rolled out of bed, 
Am                                       G
He talked about his ninety Corvette, his warehouse job, and his knee replacement. 

C

C                                   F                   C
Jim Wise mercy killed his wife in a hospital at her bedside, 
                   Am                   G
And he put the gun to his head and it jammed and he didn't die. 
C                                        F                          C
He awaits trial all summer long and his eyes welled up when he told us 
                    Am                  G                       
about how much she loved the backyard garden and the budding rosebush. 

F               C

                Am                     G
She loved the garden, and its budding rosebush. 
           F                                   C
Spent the day with my dad, and his friend Jim Wise. 


C                                      F           C
Spent the day with my dad and his old friend, Jim Wise. 
                      Am                    G
He's got a big thick ankle bracelet and he can't go outside. 
C                                            F     C
He's got a long white Amish man's beard and a catheter,
                        Am                      G
And he'll be headed to Mansfield prison by the end of the year for sure. 


C                              F            
His shelves are sticky old ratty boards, 
F
His albums are The Doors and Stevie Nicks,
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His kitchen cabinets are full of baked beans,
G
His TV is silent, words flash across the screen 
    C
and he stares off into dead air. 




C                                         F             C
Jim Wise killed his wife out of love for her at her bedside. 
                        Am                   G
And then he put the gun to his head but he failed at suicide. 
C                                          F                                C
His trial's coming up in the fall and he sighed when we stepped out and we left. 
                        Am             G
And I pointed out the pretty cardinal perched on the empty birdbath. 

F       C

               Am                   G
The bright red cardinal, the empty birdbath. 
           F                                C
Spent the day with my dad and his friend Jim Wise.