The Vow chords by Cory Branan

Guitar chords with lyrics

Intro:
C majorC FF A minorAm FF


Verse 1:
A minorAm
My old man was young once
          FF
Or so the photo album claims
C majorC
 Flip the page the baby jumps
     G+G
Some twenty years and change

Verse 2:
         A minorAm
From the cradle to the naval base
  FF
A augmentedA newlywed recruit
            C majorC
Through the boot camp of a family man
     G+G
In a loose civilian suit


Bridge:
           FF
But it was anchors aweigh now

Singing "Courage, service true"
         A minorAm           FF
All them anchors will weigh you down
   C majorC                 G+G
If you ain't fit for blue

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Chorus:
     FF
What did I know about it then?
C majorC              G+G
What do I know now?
FF
I have known the kind of man
   G+G                 A minorAm
It takes to keep the vow
            FF
To keep the vow

C majorC FF A minorAm FF


Verse 3:
              A minorAm
I'd say "Well I just thought…"

And he'd cut me off
        FF
Saying ‘That's what you get for thinking'
C majorC                                   G+G
I remember thinking that's probably not the best lesson for a kid


Verse 4:
             A minorAm
And although that was just something he said
       FF
When I see what I get with my thinking
         C majorC
I get to thinking he may have been some kinda genius
       G+G
In the effortless way he just did


Bridge:
  FF
I learned your word is one thing,

You keep it if you give it out
    A minorAm               FF
But silence fans the fires a man
  C majorC                      G+G
Requires to keep the vow


Chorus:
     FF
What did I know about it then?
C majorC              G+G
What do I know now?
FF
I have known the kind of man
   G+G                 A minorAm
It takes to keep the vow
            FF
To keep the vow


Instrumental:
C majorC FF A minorAm FF

Middle 8:
           G minorGm
I could've curled up in one footprint,
          FF
One giant laugh, one giant hand
          C majorC
Until the sickness and the treatment
           G+G
Shrunk him down to just a man

  FF
A augmentedA shrinking man still tinkering with my old busted car
         C majorC                              G+G
When his wedding ring must've slipped into the muddy yard
   FF
At least that's what he figured when he noticed it was gone
      A minorAm            FF            C majorC               G+G
I can still see him on his knees digging up that lawn


Verse 5:
A minorAm
Now the flag is folded and the numbers are carved,
     FF
Mississippi is glistening green
        C majorC
Another summer's softly calling off
    G+G                         G7G7
The search for missing things


Bridge:
    FF
But I have found that something kept

To keep me company
         A minorAm                 FF
On these nights when me and my old man
   C majorC            G+G
Go digging into dreams


Chorus:
      FF
What did I know about it then?
C majorC              G+G
What do I know now?
FF
I have known the kind of man
   G+G                 A minorAm
It takes to keep the vow

      FF
I can only hope as I propose
   C majorC               G+G
To man the outpost now
        FF                                 G+G                 A minorAm
I'll be armed with memories of the man it takes to keep the vow
            FF
To keep the vow


Outro: