Take What You're Given chords by Lucy Wainwright Roche

Intro
Dm Am  Dm F

Verse
Dm       Am          Dm
Seven Sundays, late for front steps
          F       Dm
Sitting warm in the midday block
         Am       Dm
Little bare feet, dirty forehead
           F     Dm
I can see where your train will stop

Verse
        Am         Dm
At the point of several mountains
         F       Dm
Sold from one to another tribe
       Am
Just a basket baby waiting
Dm        F     Dm
Towering at only three feet high

 C   F
I know "Take what you're given"
           Dm
I know "Seen and not heard"
  C    F
You left me buckets of ribbons
             Dm
Woven together by flying birds

Verse
         Am      Dm
Me and you crept on for hours
         F        Dm
Right behind the big blue house
         Am        Dm
All the roots of all her flowers
          F     Dm
So to feed all our creatures' mouths

Verse
      Am            Dm
She cried, "What have you done here?
         F       Dm
You girls are the devil's kind!"
    Am       Dm
I can't run any faster
        F     Dm
Leaving all the battles behind

Verse
       Am       Dm
After dinner, kitchen quiet
         F       Dm
Hot air from the dishes washed
         Am        Dm
Just a sink light buzzing brightly
          F Dm
In the front room, TV on

 C   F
I know "Take what you're given"
           Dm
I know "Seen and not heard"
  C    F
You left me buckets of ribbons
             Dm
Woven together by flying birds

Verse
           Am     Dm
And the church sings hallelujah
          F        Dm
When you're sitting still and right
        Am          Dm
Peering just between two shoulders
            F      Dm
Trying to see what the priest looks like

 C    F
I know and also have you
            Dm
I know all things were made
   C   F
Lift me to heavier water
           Dm
Just in case I can be saved

Verse
         Am        Dm
I will wait here one last morning
           F      Dm
Shield my eyes to the blazing sun
       Am          Dm
If I scan the streets for warning
          F     Dm
I can see when your train will come