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