Verse 1  
D                                                G 
They say that the wicked don’t rest 
D                                     G 
Not in this world or the next 
D                                             G 
She parks behind the line of long black limousines 
A                                      G 
She had to see it for herself 
 
Verse 2  
D                                          G 
He used to say that she was pretty 
D                                        G 
With her mother’s golden hair 
              D                             
And then one night he crossed a thousand lines 
              G                                    A                               G 
With a breath of homemade wine lying heavy in the air 
 
Chorus  
D                            G 
There’s no use denying 
                   D 
Trying to pretend 
                                G 
The long road to forgiveness 
 
Doesn’t ever end 
A                         D 
There’s no easy way to  
                    G 
Learn to let it go 
                            A 
Back to where it was 
                           D G D G 
Like dust to dust 
 
Bridge  
A 
That door won’t close 
 
And that light won’t dim 
G                                                                            
It’s a floodgate wide open with the waves crashing in  
A 
Frozen like the wheels of that broken-down car 
D                                                G 
A constant reminder of a hand-me-down scar 
                     D G D G 
And it goes on… 
 
 D G D G   
 
Verse 3  
D                              G 
Nobody understands it 
D                           G 
Nobody’s ever known 
D                                    G   
They just walk away and leave her praying 
A                              G 
In the shade of his stone 
 
Chorus: 
D                            G 
There’s no use denying 
                   D 
Trying to pretend 
                                G 
The long road to forgiveness 
 
Doesn’t ever end 
A                         D 
There’s no easy way to  
                    G 
Learn to let it go 
                            A 
Back to where it was 
                           D G D G 
Like dust to dust