[Intro] [fingerpicked acoustic guitar] [Verse 1] [baritone male vocals enter] On days like this With the storm bearing down [clean electric guitar fills] Memories of you fill up the room With familiar sounds [Verse 2] [bass and drums enter with cross-stick snare] As the rain starts to fall I turn off the world As the wind and the rain Like the guilt and the shame Slowly unfurl [Chorus] We spoke before you died Daddy did I say enough? Can you tell how proud I was To be your son? Like a storm it hits On days like this [Verse 3] [full snare hits] On days like this We laid you down The rain was falling The past was calling me out [Chorus] The rifles blazed And the bugle played I held my salute through the saddest tune God ever made We never said goodbye I was three hundred miles away I'd give the rest of my life For one more day And talk a bit On a day like this [Bridge] [electric guitar solo with blues-style bends and vibrato] [Verse 4] On a day like this The storm is gone The guilt and the pain Like the wind and the rain Move slowly along [Outro] When the day's at an end And night closes in I dream of the day Lord takes me away and I'll see you again But while I'm here alone And you're a million miles away Your memory fills my soul Each and every day But it really hits On days like this On days like this On days like this [acoustic guitar fades out]
