Me And Mine chords by Dashboard Confessional

🎸 Intro:

D  Em  Bm

Em  D



🎸 Verse :
    D
The boy leaps from his bed
       Em
Comes bounding down the stairs
    Bm
The sun's not even up

He doesn't even care

🎸 Refrain:
    Em  A7
And I
                       D
Yes
I was like that once


🎸 Verse :
           D
He says, "Daddy, it's today"
               Em
There is this promise that we made
       Bm
And I open my eyes slowly

And I see his smiling face

🎸 Refrain:
   Em A7
And I
                      D
Yes
I was like that once

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

🎸 Interlude:
D  Em  Bm  A7  D




🎸 Verse :
     D
The girl calls from the yard
           Em
"Daddy, daddy, come and see"
           Bm
She's perfecting her front handspring

And she is showing off for me

🎸 Refrain:
    A7
And I
                       D
Yes
I was like that once



🎸 Verse :
      D
So I pull off both my boots
       Em
And I raise up both my hands
        Bm
Then I show her I can do one, too

And she laughs hard 'cause I can't

🎸 Refrain:
    A7
And I
                 D
I was like that once

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



🎸 Verse :
     D
The woman's on the porch
            Em
She says, "Husband come and sit"
        Bm
And we look up at the stars

And we talk about our kids

🎸 Refrain:
    A7
And I
                  D
"I was like that once," she says



🎸 Verse :
         D
And she says, "Do you remember
          Em
Just how terrified you were
   Bm
Before our babies came

How you were shaken to the core "

🎸 Refrain:
   A7
And I
                  D
I was like that once

🎸 Bridge:
               G
And she says, "Oh love

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

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

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

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