Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
🎸 Verse 1:
F# minorF#m BB D MajorD
It's okay, Dad, you can go
B minorBm
We're all here and we know
That you're traveling soon
E MajorE D MajorD
I've sung you all the songs that I can sing
F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD
Mostly George Formby with none of the strings
🎸 Verse 2:
F# minorF#m BB D MajorD
It's funny where we can end up
A augmentedA life in fields
B minorBm
And now you're here
Not a blade of grass
E MajorE D MajorD
You were born in wild Australia
F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD
Had to go a long way to be where you are
🎸 Verse 3:
F# minorF#m BB D MajorD
I did this thing towards the end
B minorBm
Where I put my head right against your head
And I just held it there
E MajorE D MajorD
Tried to store up every single vein
F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD
Fixed in my mind for all tomorrow's days
A augmentedA BB D MajorD
For all tomorrow's days
🎸 Verse 4:
F# minorF#m BB D MajorD
And so to the last night of your stay
Waited up all night
B minorBm
And watched you sleep
I've never done that before
E MajorE
And you know what
D MajorD
It was the best night of my life
F# minorF#m BB D MajorD
To be close to your dreams for the very first time
🎸 Verse 5:
F# minorF#m BB D MajorD
It was a gentle afternoon
I think Tuesday
B minorBm
And there you lay
You were trying to die
E MajorE D MajorD
We opened up the window so you could fly
F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD
Soar away into the rest of our lives
A augmentedA BB D MajorD A augmentedA
I just hope you made it past the hospital car park
🎸 Instrumental:
A augmentedA BB D MajorD A augmentedA (x2)
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
🎸 Verse 6:
F# minorF#m BB D MajorD
In the middle of the night
Some years back
B minorBm
You told your wife
That you could not sleep
E MajorE D MajorD
You said you were scared to die
F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD
But you were curious to see the other side
A augmentedA B*
Well, now you know
D MajorD A augmentedA
Now you know
*can also play B minorBm instead, both work nicely