Me And Mine chords by Dashboard Confessional

Chords with lyrics

🎸 Intro:

D MajorD E minorEm B minorBm

E minorEm D MajorD


🎸 Verse :
  D MajorD
The boy leaps from his bed
    E minorEm
Comes bounding down the stairs
  B minorBm
The sun's not even up

He doesn't even care

🎸 Refrain:
  E minorEm A7A7
And I
            D MajorD
Yes
I was like that once

🎸 Verse :
      D MajorD
He says, "Daddy, it's today"
        E minorEm
There is this promise that we made
    B minorBm
And I open my eyes slowly

And I see his smiling face

🎸 Refrain:
  E minorEm A7A7
And I
           D MajorD
Yes
I was like that once

🎸 Bridge:
   G+G
So I put on my shirt
    A/C#A/C#
And my jeans and my boots
    D MajorD
And I say, "Boy
I love you"
    A/C#A/C#
And he knows that I do
      G+G
He says, "Pops, can we stop "
   A/C#A/C#
For breakfast on the way
D MajorD
I say, "Son
I'll brew the coffee
     A/C#A/C#
And I'll make you some eggs"
       G+G
And I thank God
  A/C#A/C#
That he
  D MajorD
Is mine

🎸 Interlude:
D MajorD E minorEm B minorBm A7A7 D MajorD

🎸 Verse :
   D MajorD
The girl calls from the yard
      E minorEm
"Daddy, daddy, come and see"
      B minorBm
She's perfecting her front handspring

And she is showing off for me

🎸 Refrain:
  A7A7
And I
            D MajorD
Yes
I was like that once


🎸 Verse :
   D MajorD
So I pull off both my boots
    E minorEm
And I raise up both my hands
    B minorBm
Then I show her I can do one, too

And she laughs hard 'cause I can't

🎸 Refrain:
  A7A7
And I
         D MajorD
I was like that once

🎸 Bridge:
       G+G
She says, "Dad, you're like ridiculous"
A/C#A/C#
I say, "That's kinda my job"
     D MajorD
And she kisses me on my cheek
      A/C#A/C#
Then she's back out in the yard
       G+G
And she is wild
  A/C#A/C#
And free
   D MajorD
And mine
       G+G
Oh
I thank God
   A/C#A/C#
That she
   D MajorD
Is mine


🎸 Verse :
   D MajorD
The woman's on the porch
      E minorEm
She says, "Husband come and sit"
    B minorBm
And we look up at the stars

And we talk about our kids

🎸 Refrain:
  A7A7
And I
         D MajorD
"I was like that once," she says


🎸 Verse :
     D MajorD
And she says, "Do you remember
     E minorEm
Just how terrified you were
  B minorBm
Before our babies came

How you were shaken to the core "

🎸 Refrain:
  A7A7
And I
         D MajorD
I was like that once

🎸 Bridge:
        G+G
And she says, "Oh love

Look how blessed
A/C#A/C#
You and I've become"
    D MajorD
And I take her hand and say to her
     A/C#A/C#
"You'll always be the one"

And I'm still
 G+G
Mystified
   A/C#A/C#
That you

Want to
  D MajorD
Be mine
       G+G
Oh
I thank God
  A/C#A/C#    D MajorD
That you are mine

🎸 Outro:
       G+G
And I thank God
  A/C#A/C#   D MajorD
That he is mine
       G+G
And I thank God
  A/C#A/C#   D MajorD
That she is mine
       G+G
And I thank God
  A/C#A/C#   D MajorD
For me and mine