Chords with lyrics
Key: Eb MajorEb
♫ Intro:
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb F minorFm AbAb
♫ Verse 1:
Eb MajorEb
You're getting older now
Bb majorBb
I see the lines around your smile
F minorFm
I see what's coming 'round the corner
AbAb
And that's a lot for an only child
Eb MajorEb
Cause I don't know yet
Bb majorBb
If I want kids of my own
F minorFm
But I know that if I don't
AbAb
It ends with me
♫ Pre-Chorus:
F minorFm AbAb
If I had a sister or a brother
F minorFm AbAb
We could share the burden with each other
♫ Chorus:
Eb MajorEb
Cause one day you'll be gone
Bb majorBb
Then I'll be gone too
F minorFm
Don't know if I'll carry it on
AbAb
Oh but someday if I do
Eb MajorEb
Then our family name
Bb majorBb
It won't just be mine
F minorFm
And I'll see your face
AbAb
When I'm looking in their eyes
F minorFm Eb MajorEb
But that's only
AbAb
If I carry on your bloodline
♫ Verse 2:
Eb MajorEb
I'm only 23
Bb majorBb
I've got my whole life left to live
F minorFm
I know I shouldn't think like this
AbAb
But I can't help it
Eb MajorEb
You were 43
Eb MajorEb
When you had me
Bb majorBb
You took your time
Bb majorBb
But that took mine
F minorFm
And soon you'll leave
F minorFm
Then it's just me
AbAb Bb majorBb
Left on the family tree
♫ Chorus:
Eb MajorEb
One day you'll be gone
Bb majorBb
Then I'll be gone too
F minorFm
Don't know if I'll carry it on
AbAb
Oh but someday if I do
Eb MajorEb
Then our family name
Bb majorBb
It won't just be mine
F minorFm
And I'll see your face
AbAb
When I'm looking in their eyes
F minorFm Eb MajorEb
But that's only
AbAb
If I carry on your bloodline
♫ Interlude:
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb F minorFm AbAb
♫ Chorus:
Eb MajorEb
One day you'll be gone
Bb majorBb
And then I'll be gone too
F minorFm
If I don't carry it on
AbAb
They'll be nothing left of you
Eb MajorEb
And it's a heavy weight
Bb majorBb
That I feel all the time
F minorFm
Not having a way
AbAb F minorFm
To remember you by
Eb MajorEb AbAb
If I don't carry on your bloodline