Heirloom chords by Sleeping At Last

Intro: D

Verse 1:
D            A          G                D
You try your hardest to leave the past alone.
D            A          G                D
This crooked posture is all you’ve ever known.
D           A            G                D
It is the consequence of living in between
D             A              G              D
The weight of family and the pull of gravity.

Chorus:
D                   A                     G
You are so much more than your father’s son.
D                   A                   G
You are so much more than what I’ve become.

Verse 2:
D        A             G            D
Long before you were born there was light
D        A           G                 D
Hidden deep in these young, unfamiliar eyes.
D         A               G                D
A million choices, though little on their own,
D          A               G                D
Become the heirloom of the heaviness you’ve known.

D                   A                     G
You are so much more than your father’s son.
D                   A                     G
You are so much more than what I’ve become,
 D A
*wooo*
            G
What I’ve become,
 D A
*wooo*
            G
What I’ve become,

D

Bridge:
D
You pressed rewind
A
For the thousandth time
D                            G
When the tapes wore through.
D
So you memorized
A
Those unscripted lines,
D                            G
Desperate for some kind of clue:
D
When the scale tipped,
A
When you inherited
D                              G
A fight that you were born to lose.
D
It’s not your fault,
A
No, it’s not your fault,
D                          G
I put this heavy heart in you.
D                          G
I put this heavy heart in you.

Verse 3:
D       A          G                D
You remind me of who I could have been,
D          A            G               D
Had I been stronger and braver way back then.
D         A               G                D
A million choices, though little on their own,
D          A               G                D
Became the heirloom of the heaviness we’ve known.

Chorus:
D                   A                     G
You are so much more than your father’s son.
D                   A                     G
You are so much more than the wars you’ve won.
D                   A                     G
You are so much more than your father’s son.