Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
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This is one for the future generation
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You can ignore this if you want
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Who am I to tell you what to do
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Or not to do
But don't do what I did
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Do what I didn't do
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Make the choices I didn’t make
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Support your community
F minorFm GbGb
Start with your neighbor and walk outward
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Introduce yourself by name
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Why not go for that coffee
F minorFm GbGb
You always end the conversation on?
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Spend time with your friends and family
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Call them, text them
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Write them a letter if you’re feeling nostalgic
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It might be hard, but tell them you love them
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They won’t be around forever
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Respect the ground you walk on
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Your kids are gonna walk on it someday too
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And their kids after that
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And you don’t want your grandchildren
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Only seeing elephants in picture books
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Get up every day
F minorFm
Make the bed all nice
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And fling open the curtains
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Feel the sun on your face
Love your body
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Look into the mirror and think
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“Wow, I’m amazing”
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Don’t dwell on Instagram
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There far better things to do than that
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But if I have to tell you one thing to change
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Smile more
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Just smile more
Interlude:
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Verse 2:
DbDb F minorFm
Put down your phone
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See the world through your own eyes
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Create memories, not in JPEGS
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Be creative
F minorFm GbGb
Draw, learn a language
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Dance even if it feels really awkward
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Why worry about something now
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That you won’t worry about a year from now?
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Remember, no matter how difficult things get
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The sun will always rise again tomorrow
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Pay someone a compliment
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The checkout assistant, the postman
You'll probably make their day
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I know it would make mine
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Challenge yourself
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Challenge others
Ask more questions
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Bring something out of someone
That even they didn’t even know was in there
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Look, no one knows where they're going
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You don’t have to follow a path or
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You don’t have to follow anything
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Just do what feels right
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But if I had to tell you just one thing to change
DbDb F minorFm GbGb
Just smile more