Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: B minorBm
Intro:
B minorBm
Verse 1: Matthew Thiessen:
B minorBm A augmentedA
The time came when you had to hit the pavement
E minorEm
You grew it like a caveman
F#F# G+G
Never going clean again
A augmentedA
Venturing out on your own
B minorBm
I had to give it to you
A augmentedA
I was always acting cuckoo
E minorEm
Thinking there was something
F#F# G+G
That I'd actually be kinda scared-a
A augmentedA B minorBm
But I will be a man of stone
Chorus: Thiessen:
G+G E minorEm
Take it down, break it over
B minorBm
Until they fit together
A augmentedA G+G
Move the pieces all around
E minorEm B minorBm A augmentedA
Break it over, from now on
G+G E minorEm
From now on
B minorBm A augmentedA
Itâ??s up to me to set the tone
G+G
From now on
E minorEm B minorBm A augmentedA
I will be a man of stone
G+G E minorEm B minorBm
From now on
Verse 2: Thiessen & Ellie Schmidly/Thiessen:
B minorBm
You got your ink
A augmentedA
But you think you might have taken it
E minorEm
Too far before forsaking it
F#F# G+G
You covered up your nakedness
A augmentedA B minorBm
Now all you own is curtain clothes
B minorBm A augmentedA
Itâ??s not a sin when your skin is telling everything
E minorEm
How could you ever lie about
F#F# G+G /
The girls that you were trying out?
A augmentedA B minorBm
Laurie, Laura, Lauren Rose
Bridge: Thiessen & Robert Gay:
E minorEm F#F#
On my honor I will do my best
G+G A augmentedA E minorEm
To do my duty to God and my country
F#F# G+G A augmentedA
To God and my country