The Vow chords by Cory Branan

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

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: