Okay. This song just came out and I thought I would figure out the chords so I could sing along to them.
I think they are pretty much 100% right.
Intro: Dm, G, F (power chord)
Verse:
Dm
Mama, don't you cry
GF
Don't you worry
DmGF
I cannot stay here any longer
DmGF
The time has come to find a distant calling
DmGF
That only seems to get much stronger
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Pre Chorus:
F (open chord), A, G, Bb, F, CFA
And I know it's hard
(A) G
To see the one you come to lean on make his way
Bb
Far beyond the womb
FC
But, I can't stay
Chorus:
Dm
I won't stop running
G
I'm only getting closer
DmG
To getting off the ground this ti......me
DmG
The sky is calling, the wind is at my shoulders
DmG
Won't let this chance pass me b.....y
Dm
Mama, I'm bent to fly
Repeat Verse progression x 2
Verse:
Remember yesterday
Before the storm
Before the innocence was lost
I promised I would stay forevermore
But every boy, in time, moves on
Pre Chorus:
Your wounds will heal someday
This I know, but I am restless and so torn
Mama, I can't stay here anymore
Chorus:
Dm
I won't stop running
G
I'm only getting closer
DmG
To getting off the ground this ti......me
DmG
The sky is calling, the wind is at my shoulders
DmG
Won't let this chance pass me b.....y
A
Mama, I'm bent to fly
Bridge: (Strum an A chord with occasional G bass note embellishments. Sounds pretty good.)
AG
I can feel it coming
AGA perfect storm is rising
AAGFEDm
Gotta say my last goodbye...
Solo: (Verse progression)
Dm
Mama, don't you cry
GF
Don't you worry
DmG
I cannot stay here any longer...
Chorus:
Dm
I won't stop running
G
I'm only getting closer
DmG
To getting off the ground this ti......me
DmG
The sky is calling, the wind is at my shoulders
DmG
Won't let this chance pass me b.....y
Dm
Mama, I'm bent to fly
The rest of the song is the Verse progression except the end which is the Bridge ending on a Dm chord.
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