Protector chords by Beyoncé

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

🎸 Intro:

N.C.
Mom, can I hear the lullaby?
N.C.    F#  B  F#  B
Please?


🎸 Verse 1:
            F#
And there I was, tangled up in marigold
        D#m                                 F#
We were listenin' to the reverent children singin'
       D#m
(Sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing) Hm, yeah
        F#
Hummin' low as the garden river flows
      D#m                                F#
While the August light becomes a golden evenin'
D#m
(Evenin') Yeah

🎸 Chorus:
                    F#                                Cmaj7
And I will lead you down that road if you lose your way
                   F#       D#m
Born to be a protector, mm-hmm
     C#m                                       B
Even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own
                     F#
I will be your projector, mm, mm-hmm


🎸 Verse 2:
F#
An apricot picked right off a given tree
  D#m
I gave watеr to the soil
           F#               D#m
And now it feeds me, yeah, yеah (Yeah)
              F#
And there you are, shaded underneath it all
       D#m
I feel proud of who I am
            F#    G#m  D#m
Because you need me, yeah (Yeah)


🎸 Chorus:
                    F#                     G#m        D#m
And I will lead you down that road if you lose your way (Uh)
                F#              D#m
Born to be a protector (—tor), mm
     C#m                                       B
Even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own
                  F#
I will be your projector, hm-mm
         C#m                                       B
And even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own
                     F#                         D#m
I will be your projector, projector, projector


🎸 Bridge:
  F#                                     D#m
I first saw your face in your father's gaze
          F#                                 D#m
There's a long line of hands carryin' your name, mm
F#                              D#m
Liftin' you up, so you will be raised


🎸 Chorus:
            C#m                                B
Even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own
                     F#
I will be your projector, hey-yeah
         C#m                                       B
And even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own
                     F#
I will be your protector, born to be a protector


🎸 Outro:
B  F#  D#m  F#