Chords with lyrics
Intro:
C majorC FF C majorC
C FF C majorC
Verse:
C majorC
Left all the flowers in the living room
DmDm
Shook every hand I didn't know
C majorC
Stacked all the cards I'll read to you when I get alone
C majorC
I made your bed, hung your favourite dress
DmDm
Mailed all the letters that you saved
C majorC
Broke the news over every call that you couldn't make
Chorus:
A minorAm G+G C majorC FF
Never written down in a will, on a page
A minorAm G+G C majorC FF
I do my best to try and keep you around this place
G+G C majorC FF C majorC
'Cause I know, you would've wanted it that way
Verse:
C majorC
You oldest boy gave his girl your ring
DmDm
They set a wedding date in June
C majorC
Your daughter named her brown-eyed baby after you
C majorC
I call my youngest brother once a day
DmDm
And you would be so proud to know
C majorC
He brings you yellow roses every time he's home
Chorus:
A minorAm G+G C majorC FF
Never written down in a will, on a page
A minorAm G+G C majorC FF
We do our best to try and keep you around this place
G+G C majorC
'Cause we know, you would've wanted it that way
Instrumental:
Bb majorBb FF F minorFm C majorC
Bb majorBb FF G+G C majorC
Verse:
C majorC
I found a letter in your dresser drawer
DmDm
With my name and no address
C majorC
Waiting for me and a birthday card that you never sent
C majorC
You spoke to me like you never have
DmDm
The words you held back all this time
C majorC
Were the ones you could never say while you were alive
Chorus:
A minorAm G+G C majorC FF
Why did I have to hear you were proud of me this way?
A minorAm G+G C majorC FF
I'm gonna carry this letter around, so you're here everyday
G+G FF G+G C majorC FF C majorC
'Cause I know, yes, I know, you would've wanted it that way
C majorC
Wanted it that way, you