Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
FF FF Bb majorBb Bb majorBb
Verse 1:
FF
Ten years
FF
And twenty-seven dresses
DmDm Bb majorBb
A augmentedA calico kaleidoscope, scraps of her story sewn together
FF
Grandma made that suit of armor and I laid it on my bed
DmDm
Just a quilt that no one noticed, but I did
Bb majorBb
Just a memory, a piece of me that meant everything
FF
Just things
Chorus:
FF Gm7Gm7
When does a phoenix learn how to fly?
Dm7Dm7 Bb majorBb
Do I get my wings when I stop asking why?
Bb majorBb
How do I start moving on and moving past
Gm7Gm7
Stop holding on, looking back
Dm7Dm7 Bb majorBb
When God's hell bent on making me a fighter?
FF Gm7Gm7 Dm7Dm7 Bb majorBb
Forged in the fire, wo-oh-oh, wo-oh-oh
Verse 2:
FF
Three days
FF
Seven pairs of hands
DmDm Bb majorBb DmDm
It took searching for something more for me to understand
Bb majorBb
That anything and everything, even the kitchen sink
FF
It's just things
Chorus:
FF Gm7Gm7
When does a phoenix learn how to fly?
Dm7Dm7 Bb majorBb
Do I get my wings when I stop asking why?
FF
How do I start moving on and moving past
Gm7Gm7
Stop holding on, looking back
Dm7Dm7 Bb majorBb
When God's hell bent on making me a fighter?
FF Gm7Gm7 Dm7Dm7 Bb majorBb
Forged in the fire
FF Gm7Gm7 Dm7Dm7 BB
Forged in the fire, wo-oh-oh, wo-oh-oh
Bridge:
FF
But am I glass or am I iron?
Cm7Cm7
Will I last or will I tire?
Bb majorBb FF
Can broken be beautiful again?
FF
A minorAm I glass or am I iron?
Cm7Cm7
Will I shatter or rise higher
Bb majorBb
From the ashes I've been burried in?
Chorus:
FF Gm7Gm7
When does a phoenix learn how to fly?
Dm7Dm7 Bb majorBb
Do I get my wings when I stop asking why?
FF
How do I start moving on and moving past
Gm7Gm7
Stop holding on and looking back
Dm7Dm7 Bb majorBb
When God's hell bent on making me a fighter?
FF Gm7Gm7 Dm7Dm7 BB
Forged in the fire
FF Gm7Gm7 Dm7Dm7 BB
Forged in the fire, wo-oh-oh, wo-oh-oh
Outro:
FF
New house
Still smells like smoke
Bb majorBb
A augmentedA clean slate and stories just waiting to be told