Chords with lyrics
Intro
D MajorD G+G 2x
D MajorD
He didn?t ask
A augmentedA
He didn?t pry
B minorBm D/F#D/F# G+G
He just held the ice that covered my black eye
D MajorD A augmentedA
When that girl, she broke my heart
B minorBm D/F#D/F# G+G
We just threw that baseball back and forth till dark
A augmentedA D/F#D/F# G+G
When I started playing guitar, and didn?t have a clue
A augmentedA D/F#D/F# G+G
He wanted to protect me, but somehow my father knew
Chorus
D MajorD
That you can cry for
A augmentedA
live and die for
B minorBm D/F#D/F# G+G
You can help them find their wings but you can?t fly for
D MajorD A augmentedA
Cause if they?re not free to fall, then they?re not free at all
B minorBm D/F#D/F# G+G
And though you just can?t bear the thought of letting go
D MajorD A augmentedA
Pick em up?. dust em off.. and Send E minorEm on Down The Road
INTRO AGAIN
Verse 2
D MajorD A augmentedA
Little kiss, on a skinned up knee
B minorBm D/F#D/F# G+G
From playing soccer, riding bikes, and climbing trees
D MajorD A augmentedA
When bad dreams, fill their heads
B minorBm D/F#D/F# G+G
I chase the monsters out from underneath their beds
A augmentedA D/F#D/F# G+G
Guess I always knew those days, would end
A augmentedA D/F#D/F# G+G
But the hardest thing I?ve ever learned has been?
Chorus
D MajorD
That you can cry for
A augmentedA
live and die for
B minorBm D/F#D/F# G+G
You can help them find their wings but you can?t fly for
D MajorD A augmentedA
Cause if they?re not free to fall, then they?re not free at all
B minorBm D/F#D/F# G+G
And though you just can?t bear the thought of letting go
D MajorD A augmentedA
Pick em up?. dust em off.. and Send E minorEm on Down The Road
Solo
D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm D/F#D/F# G+G
D MajorD
That you can cry for
A augmentedA
live and die for
B minorBm D MajorD D/F#D/F# G+G
And even though its gonna break your heart, you let em go
D MajorD A augmentedA
Pick em up?. dust em off..
D MajorD G+G
You Hold em close? and you pray to God
Send em on down the road
INTRO X1
Down the road
INTRO PT2