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