Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro:
E5E5
Mother, Father: I'm standing
E5E5
Standing and I'm not about to fall
E5E5
When I can speak I'll tell you not to worry
E5E5
Or be sorry for anything,
'cause no one understands this world at all
E MajorE E minorEm
Instrumental:
E minorEm Asus2Asus2 D9/A Bm7Bm7 Gsus4Gsus4 G+G E minorEm
Verse 1:
E5E5 Gsus4Gsus4 Bm7Bm7
My father swept me over his shoulders
Gsus4Gsus4 G+G E5E5
Above the empty cars to see the fair
E5E5 G+G BbdimBbdim
A augmentedA slowly spinning wheel of smiling neighbors,
E7E7 Asus2Asus2 Gsus4Gsus4
and flowers from my mo - ther
Bm7Bm7 Asus2Asus2 D9/A
Who sang to me that night of love and death,
Asus2Asus2 Gsus4Gsus4 E minor 7Em7
'cause everybody sings of love and death.
E minorEm
Verse 2:
E minorEm
We dreamt our sons and daughters a high wire
E minorEm
Connecting the four corners of the earth
E minorEm E MajorE E minorEm
The wire disappeared and left them standing on nothing;
FF BbdimBbdim
in thin air
FF E minor 7Em7 Cmaj7Cmaj7
They're standing and they're not about to fall;
FF E minor 7Em7 E minorEm
standing and they're not about to fall
Instrumental:
E minorEm Em E minorEm Em
E minorEm Em E minorEm Em
E minorEm Em E minorEm Em
E minorEm Em E minorEm Em
Refrain:
A augmentedA C majorC FF
Child you'll grow up
A augmentedA C majorC FF
In wonder, like we'll grow old
A augmentedA C majorC FF
F
Like our parents did, and their parents before
A augmentedA C majorC
It was written on the faces in the waiting room
FF
the day you were born
Instrumental:
Vamp over FF
Bass Solo:
E minorEm Em E minorEm Em
E minorEm Em E minorEm Em
E minorEm Em E MajorE E minorEm
FF BbdimBbdim FF E minor 7Em7
Fiddle Solo:
E minorEm Em E minorEm Em
E minorEm Em E minorEm Em
E minorEm Em E minorEm Em
E minorEm Em E minorEm Em
Refrain:
A augmentedA C majorC FF
Child you'll grow up
A augmentedA C majorC FF
In wonder, like we'll grow old
A augmentedA C majorC FF
Like our parents did, and their parents before
A augmentedA C majorC
It was written on the faces in the waiting room
FF
the day they, we, and you were born
FF
The day you were born
Vamp out on FF