Dear Son chords by Colt Montgomery

NOTE: The entire song is just G C Gm Cm played over and over again.

🎸 Intro:

G   C   Gm   Cm
G   C   Gm   Cm




🎸 Chorus:
 Cm               G                C
Dear son there's things I need to tell ya
                         Gm               Cm
Thinkin' ' bout whatcha need to understand
                G                           C
This fast life livin' ain't gonna take you nowhere
         Gm         Cm
Now you feel like a man

                   G                  C
Gonna need to sit back and find your roots
 Gm                 Cm
Kick off your city boots
            G               C
Kick back, sip on a little moonshine
 Gm                 Cm
'Member the simple life




🎸 Verse :

Dear son
G
There's a lotta things I need to tell you
 C                              Gm
This world is running fast and it's goin' to hell here
Cm                      G
You have to understand that you're just one man
 C
You can't fix everything
Gm                    Cm
Man, but that was my plan

                  G
I wanted to make music

I wanted to Go far
C                             Gm
I wanted to reach people and touch them tight in their hearts
Cm                    G                         C
But
I'm chasin' the subliminal dream that even my own parents told me
Gm
Is just a dream


🎸 Chorus:
 Cm               G                C
Dear son there's things I need to tell ya
                         Gm               Cm
Thinkin' ' bout whatcha need to understand
                G                           C
This fast life livin' ain't gonna take you nowhere
         Gm         Cm
Now you feel like a man

                   G                  C
Gonna need to sit back and find your roots
 Gm                 Cm
Kick off your city boots
            G               C
Kick back, sip on a little moonshine
 Gm                 Cm
'Member the simple life




🎸 Verse :
                                  G
There's something that I'm gonna promise you right now
C
If you wanna Go chase a dream
Gm
Boy
I'm  not gonna knock you down
Cm                  G
I'm gonna be there with you

And I'm gonna be holding your hand
 C                   Gm
Maybe theoretically because we're both men

Cm                      G
I don't want people to take advantage of you
         C
Not the way that they did to me
           Gm                        Cm
When they thought that I wasn't clued
       G                        C
Yeah, such a big heart but you leave with a curse
 Gm               Cm
It's a work of art


🎸 Chorus:
 Cm               G                C
Dear son there's things I need to tell ya
                         Gm               Cm
Thinkin' ' bout whatcha need to understand
                G                           C
This fast life livin' ain't gonna take you nowhere
         Gm         Cm
Now you feel like a man

                   G                  C
Gonna need to sit back and find your roots
 Gm                 Cm
Kick off your city boots
            G               C
Kick back, sip on a little moonshine
 Gm                 Cm
'Member the simple life




🎸 Verse :
                G                                   C
I remember the times that you saw me living in the studio
                   Gm
Tryna make music
Tryna chase my own dream
Cm              G                    C
Yeah, couldn't have ten cents to my name to feed you
       Gm                        Cm
But I still made it and rise to fame

                  G
Well. at least I thought I did
 C                                 Gm
You thought your dad was the shit didn't ya kid
Cm                G
I did the best I could as a father
            C                     Gm
When I was tryna take care of you and your mother


🎸 Chorus:
 Cm               G                C
Dear son there's things I need to tell ya
                         Gm               Cm
Thinkin' ' bout whatcha need to understand
                G                           C
This fast life livin' ain't gonna take you nowhere
         Gm         Cm
Now you feel like a man

                   G                  C
Gonna need to sit back and find your roots
 Gm                 Cm
Kick off your city boots
            G               C
Kick back, sip on a little moonshine
 Gm                 Cm
'Member the simple life




🎸 Verse :
                  G
Son, there's one last thing I need to tell you
 C                          Gm
You're the king, you're my prince
                   Cm                G
You're the heir to my last name and who I wanna be
 C                                  Gm
Then you're gonna set off and then you're gonna break free

 Cm                                 G
You're gonna spread your wings and chase your own damn dreams
 C                            Gm                     Cm
And I'm gonna be right there beside you telling you that
              G                        C
Yeah, you're just a younger version of me
Gm        Cm
 Now dream


🎸 Chorus:
 Cm               G                C
Dear son there's things I need to tell ya
                         Gm               Cm
Thinkin' ' bout whatcha need to understand
                G                           C
This fast life livin' ain't gonna take you nowhere
         Gm         Cm
Now you feel like a man

                   G                  C
Gonna need to sit back and find your roots
 Gm                 Cm
Kick off your city boots
            G               C
Kick back, sip on a little moonshine
 Gm                 Cm   G   C
'Member the simple life


🎸 Outro:
   Gm                Cm   G   C   Gm
Remember the simple life

Cm  G  C  Gm
Cm  G  C  Gm