The Baton chords by Katie Gavin

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: D

Intro:

D G A Bm
Bm G D A
D G A Bm
Bm G A D
D  D

Verse:
D             G
Oh if I had a daughter
A                   Bm
I know what I would tell her
Bm                  G
I know what I would tell her
     D                   A
When she's old enough to know
D               G
I would tell my daughter
A                   Bm
She must be her own mother
Bm                G
'Cause I can only take her
A               D
As far as I can go
D                G
And on that very same day
A                    Bm
She'd join a kind of relay
Bm               G
I'd pass her the baton and
D                     A
I'd say "you'd better run.
D                          G
'Cause this thing has been going
A            Bm
For many generations
Bm                   G
But there is so much healing
A                      D
That still needs to be done."

Chorus:
D         G
So go on, girl
A              Bm
It's out of my hands
Bm      G            D       A
I can't come where you're goin'
D         G
But time unfurls
A          Bm
And you'll understand
Bm         G       A         D
The baton it will be passed again
D         G       A         D
The baton it will be passed again

Interlude:
D G A Bm
Bm G D A
D G A Bm
Bm G A D
D A D

D                   G
But today I have no daughter
A             Bm
I only have a mother
Bm                 G
And I know that my mother taught me
D              A
Everything she knows
D                   G
And I don't want to leave her
A                  Bm
But she is drawing nearer
Bm                 G
She's coming round the corner
  A                    D
I can hear her yelling go

D         G
Go on, girl
A              Bm
It's out of my hands
Bm      G              D      A
I can't come where you're goin'
D         G
But time unfurls
A          Bm
And you'll understand
Bm         G       A         D
The baton it will be passed again
D         G       A         D
The baton it will be passed again

Outro:
D G A Bm
Bm G D A
D G A Bm
Bm G A D