17 And 53 chords by Danielle Ate The Sandwich

Chords with lyrics

intro: A minorAm G+G D MajorD

A minorAm     G+G  D MajorD
 You were seventeen the year your father died

A minorAm      G+G   D MajorD
 And he was fifty-three when you were seventeen

A minorAm    G+G   D MajorD
 In the museum where you laid your head to sleep

A minorAm    G+G         D MajorD
 The artifacts were cold to comfort you

A minorAm    G+G         D MajorD
When you heard them fighting you hid in the apple tree

A minorAm    G+G         D MajorD
The branches broke their noise

A minorAm    G+G         D MajorD
And when your brother studied at the university

A minorAm    G+G         D MajorD
You were left alone to realize

DmDm
That while you were growing older

E minorEm
He was busy growing older

A minorAm      G+G          D MajorD
too, bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum

A minorAm      G+G          D MajorD
too, bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum

A minorAm    G+G         D MajorD
In the summer when your father drove you to the river

A minorAm    G+G         D MajorD
And he would sing so loud

A minorAm    G+G         D MajorD
Soon to be kept silent when you climbed through barbed-wired fences

A minorAm    G+G         D MajorD
To get to the riverside

DmDm
And while you were growing older

E minorEm
He was busy growing older

A minorAm      G+G          D MajorD
too, bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum

A minorAm      G+G          D MajorD
too, bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum

A minorAm    G+G         D MajorD
And in February you were running late one day

A minorAm    G+G         D MajorD
And out the door you ran

A minorAm    G+G         D MajorD
Leaving left unsaid the things you'd soon regret not telling

A minorAm    G+G         D MajorD
Never knowing this would be your last chance

DmDm
And while you were growing older

E minorEm
He was busy growing older

A minorAm      DmDm   G+G DmDm    G+G
  And was it fair to  blame the gi-

A minorAm       DmDm   G+G DmDm    G+G
rl, And was it fair to  make the child

A minorAm          DmDm     G+G   DmDm  G+G
choose, And when you stood next to the moun-ta-

A minorAm      DmDm          G+G    DmDm   G+G
in, Did you swear that you could hear him calling you?

A minorAm      G+G          D MajorD
   bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum

A minorAm      G+G          D MajorD
   bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum

A minorAm    G+G         D MajorD
I am twenty-two and you are fifty-three

A minorAm    G+G         D MajorD
And only blood can tell

A minorAm    G+G         D MajorD
That we are made up of strings and strands of DNA

A minorAm    G+G         D MajorD
Dancing waltzes in our cells

DmDm
and while you are growing older

E minorEm
i am busy growing older

A minorAm      G+G          D MajorD
too, bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum

A minorAm      G+G          D MajorD
too, bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum