Becoming The Lastnames chords by Will Wood

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 7th
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: D MajorD

 ♫ Intro:

G+G  Adim7Adim7  E minorEm  Am/B A minorAm C majorC C/DC/D C minorCm



♫ Verse :
    G+G           C majorC           G+G   G7G7  G7sus4G7sus4
Don't take the following words as reverence for tradition
    A minorAm           C majorC            G+G  Am7Am7 C majorC
I've learned to pick my battles by losing most I've fought
   G+G         C majorC            G+G   G7G7  G7sus4G7sus4
The more mores subverted, the more I sense I'm missing
     A minorAm            C majorC                G+G   Am7Am7 C majorC G+G Am7Am7 C majorC
And I'll always do it my way, even if it's just the same way I was taught

G+G            Am7Am7   C majorC          G+G   G7G7  G7sus4G7sus4
I'll bring home the bread, and you'll stay home and bake it
Am/B       A minorAm  C majorC              G+G  Am7Am7 C majorC
Weeding out the garden where the milestones gather moss
     G+G              Am7Am7       C majorC       G+G   G7G7  G7sus4G7sus4
Crack a smile at my vows and whisper, “wow, can you believe we really made it ”
     Am/B      A minorAm        C majorC           G+G  G7G7  G7sus4G7sus4
As I give up on dodging rice and fold my cape
I say “obviously not.”

♫ Chorus:
      Am/B A minorAm      C majorC          G+G  G7G7  G7sus4G7sus4
But I want to be just like my parents before I was born
     Am/B A minorAm      C majorC    G+G  Am7Am7 C majorC G+G  C majorC
Oh, can we be just like my parents? Mmh



♫ Verse :
  G+G          Am7Am7  C majorC       G+G    G7G7  G7sus4G7sus4
I know you don't want kids, but think about a daughter
Am/B        A minorAm   C majorC             G+G  Am7Am7 C majorC
We could name her Gwendolyn, like mom would’ve called me
   G+G         Am7Am7   C majorC          G+G  G7G7  G7sus4G7sus4
I'm not sure yet myself, but I learned from a good father
        Am/B        A minorAm C majorC              G+G  Am7Am7 C majorC G+G  Am7Am7 C majorC
Yeah
I mean, sure, they messed me up, but I think that's just the gig

    G+G           Am7Am7     C majorC         G+G   G7G7  G7sus4G7sus4
And maybe it's just some hormones that kick in in your late twenties
      Am/B      A minorAm  C majorC             G+G  Am7Am7 C majorC
But I have laid a lot of women, now I'd like to just lay down
   G+G           Am7Am7     C majorC       G+G    G7G7  G7sus4G7sus4
And marriage always scared me, but I'd like to have a last love
  Am/B       A minorAm        C majorC           G+G  G7G7  G7sus4G7sus4
And love can last a pretty good long while. I've seen it around

♫ Chorus:
     Am/B A minorAm     C majorC         G+G  G7G7  G7sus4G7sus4
Oh, can we be just like my parents when I was young?
      Am/B A minorAm      C majorC    G+G  Am7Am7 C majorC G+G  Am7Am7 C majorC
Why can't we be just like my parents? Mmh


♫ Bridge:
G+G  Adim7Adim7  E minorEm  Am/B A minorAm C majorC C/DC/D C minorCm


  Am/B       A minorAm    C majorC
So tongue out of my cheek now
I'm done pulling faces
 G+G          Adim7Adim7
Iconoclasm wanes, my cynicism tires.
      E minorEm              Am/B        A minorAm
But what do I know about forever, when so far I’ve been so fleeting?
      C majorC                   D7D7
Babe, my frontal lobe’s done growing, this might just be how I’m wired.

        Am/B      A minorAm    C majorC
But now we're kissing before brushing, smile with our whole faces
    G+G               Adim7Adim7
If you want a hyphen last name I guess I don't mind the cadence
   E minorEm           Am/B       A minorAm
I've seen home videos
I was there back in the 80's
    C majorC                    D7D7
And if I'm just them, and they back then could do it, why can't I?


♫ Chorus:
A minorAm      C majorC       G+G G7G7  G7sus4G7sus4
Just like my parents in due time
     A minorAm        C majorC       G+G  Am7Am7 C majorC G+G  Am7Am7 C majorC
Imagine me, just like my parents. Yeah, right!


♫ Outro:
    G+G           Am7Am7   C majorC      G+G   G7G7 G7sus4G7sus4
‘Cause I’ve made more mistakes than simple empty moments. Uohhh
   Am/B      A minorAm   C majorC            G+G  C majorC
Each one as out of character as you know I tend to be
       G+G            G7G7                 C majorC    C minorCm
There’ll be scalpers at the cemetery gates, with all my would-be widows weeping. Ohh
      Am/B       A minorAm  C majorC              G+G  Am7Am7 C majorC G+G  Am7Am7 C majorC
I’d have forgotten all their names, so why should you remember me?


  G+G         C majorC              G+G  G7G7  G7sus4G7sus4
If we grow old together, will you talk to my headstone?
      A minorAm                  C majorC            G+G  C majorC C/DC/D
That is assuming that I die first (which is fair), and assuming I don't leave
 G+G           C majorC             G+G G7G7  G7sus4G7sus4
Close enough to forever
I guess, to prove what I hope
     Adim7Adim7    D7D7     G+G  Adim7Adim7  E minorEm  Am/B A minorAm C majorC C/DC/D C minorCm  G+G
I mean, otherwise how am I to believe?