Chords with lyrics
Key: Bb
Intro:
Cm Gm
Cm F x2
Verse:
Cm Gm
You carved our initials
Cm F
Into these family trees
Cm Gm
But when the branches are bare and broken
Cm F
Love is so hard to reach
Interlude:
Eb Cm Eb Cm
Bridge:
Cm Bb Dm Bb Dm
We've learned to brace for the worst
Gm Dm Eb
And to
Bb Dm Bb Dm
To read the last pages first
F
Surrender feels safe
Chorus:
Eb Gm
Maybe the soul is the soil that holds the fallen seed
Eb
Or the light pouring down in between the rain clouds
Bb F
Daring life to reach
Eb F
Or maybe it's the rings in the trunk of the tree
Gm Dm
A birthmark time will leave
Eb F
To measure the past
Interlude:
Eb Cm Eb Cm
Bridge:
Gm F
But we can't dream when we're wide awake
Gm Dm Gm Dm Gm Cm
Or fall in love with a heart too strong to break
Bb Dm Bb Dm
Faith is expensive to taste
Gm F Cm
And time
Bb Dm Bb Dm
Time is borrowed loose change
Bb F
That's already been spent
Chorus:
Eb Gm
Maybe the soul is the tone of voice
Eb F Gm Dm
That unearthed the words that we needed
Eb Gm Dm
Maybe the soul is a suitcase that holds the backup plan
Eb F
A collection of keys and the patience we need
Bb F
To start again
Eb F
Maybe it's the thresholds that swallow us whole
Gm Dm
As we learn to let go
Eb F Bb
In spite of the dirt on our clothes
