Chords with lyrics
G+G D MajorD DsusDsus D MajorD (2x)
G+G D MajorD
With a pounding heart inside my chest,
DsusDsus D MajorD
New shoes on my feet
G+G D MajorD
I tell her goodbye one last time,
DsusDsus D MajorD
A augmentedA tear rolls down her cheek
G+G
She says I love you son
AsusAsus A augmentedA
And just like that i'm gone
G+G D MajorD
With eighteen years behind me
DsusDsus D MajorD
I've got a whole life full of dreams
G+G D MajorD
I spent countless nights asking God
A augmentedA D MajorD
Down there on my knees
G+G
And pretty soon I knew
AsusAsus
What I had to do
D MajorD
So with a smile on my face
G+G
And a prayer in my heart
A augmentedA
With my whole world behind me,
G+G D MajorD
My life's about to start.
I can't count all the blessings
G+G
That are waiting in the end.
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
So I forget myself and give it all to him.
G+G D MajorD
With a broken heart and trembling knees
DsusDsus D MajorD
I kneel down to pray.
G+G D MajorD
It's not been easy so far,
DsusDsus D MajorD
It seems harder every day.
G+G
I ask God above
A augmentedA
Please hear your son.
G+G D MajorD
I've been away from home now,
DsusDsus D MajorD
Going on a year.
G+G D MajorD
There's so much that I miss,
DsusDsus D MajorD
And so much that I love here
G+G
And that's when I began
AsusAsus A augmentedA
To start to understand
D MajorD
So with a smile on my face
G+G
And a prayer in my heart
A augmentedA
With my whole world behind me,
G+G D MajorD
My life's about to start.
I can't count all the blessings
G+G
That are waiting in the end.
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
So I forget myself and give it all to him.
B minorBm
And I've got my plans, I've got my hopes
A augmentedA
For what he has in store.
C majorC E minorEm E minor 7Em7
But when we leave it in his hands,
A augmentedA
He gives us so much more.
G+G D MajorD
With a pounding heart inside my chest,
DsusDsus D MajorD
A augmentedA pair of worn out shoes.
G+G D MajorD
I throw my arms around her,
DsusDsus D MajorD
And say mom we made it through.
G+G
She says, I missed you son.
AsusAsus A augmentedA
And just like that I'm home.
G+G D MajorD
With two quick years behind me,
DsusDsus D MajorD
I've got a whole life full of dreams.
G+G D MajorD
My God has made a man of me,
A augmentedA D MajorD
And we make quite a team.
G+G
I changed while I was gone.
AsusAsus
So from now on,
D MajorD
With a smile on my face
G+G
And a prayer in my heart
A augmentedA
With my whole world behind me,
G+G D MajorD
My life's about to start.
I can't count all the blessings
G+G D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7
That are waiting in the end.
G+G A augmentedA
So I forget myself and give it all to
G+G D MajorD DsusDsus D MajorD
Him.
G+G D MajorD DsusDsus A augmentedA D MajorD