Becoming The Lastnames chords by Will Wood

• Capo on 7th
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: D

 ♫ Intro:

G    Adim7    Em    Am/B  Am  C  C/D  Cm




♫ Verse :
       G                      C                     G      G7   G7sus4
Don't take the following words as reverence for tradition
       Am                      C                       G    Am7  C
I've learned to pick my battles by losing most I've fought
     G                  C                       G      G7   G7sus4
The more mores subverted, the more I sense I'm missing
         Am                        C                                G     Am7  C  G  Am7  C
And I'll always do it my way, even if it's just the same way I was taught

G                       Am7     C                   G      G7   G7sus4
I'll bring home the bread, and you'll stay home and bake it
Am/B              Am   C                            G    Am7  C
Weeding out the garden where the milestones gather moss
          G                            Am7              C              G      G7   G7sus4
Crack a smile at my vows and whisper, “wow, can you believe we really made it ”
          Am/B           Am               C                      G    G7   G7sus4
As I give up on dodging rice and fold my cape
I say “obviously not.”


♫ Chorus:
            Am/B  Am           C                    G   G7   G7sus4
But I want to be just like my parents before I was born
         Am/B  Am           C       G   Am7  C  G   C
Oh, can we be just like my parents? Mmh




♫ Verse :
    G                    Am7    C              G       G7   G7sus4
I know you don't want kids, but think about a daughter
Am/B                Am      C                         G   Am7  C
We could name her Gwendolyn, like mom would’ve called me
     G                 Am7      C                   G    G7   G7sus4
I'm not sure yet myself, but I learned from a good father
               Am/B                Am  C                            G   Am7  C  G   Am7  C
Yeah
I mean, sure, they messed me up, but I think that's just the gig

        G                      Am7          C                 G     G7   G7sus4
And maybe it's just some hormones that kick in in your late twenties
           Am/B           Am   C                         G   Am7  C
But I have laid a lot of women, now I'd like to just lay down
     G                      Am7         C              G       G7   G7sus4
And marriage always scared me, but I'd like to have a last love
    Am/B             Am                C                     G   G7   G7sus4
And love can last a pretty good long while. I've seen it around


♫ Chorus:
          Am/B  Am          C                  G   G7   G7sus4
Oh, can we be just like my parents when I was young?
           Am/B  Am           C       G   Am7  C  G   Am7  C
Why can't we be just like my parents? Mmh


♫ Bridge:
G   Adim7   Em   Am/B  Am  C  C/D  Cm


    Am/B              Am       C
So tongue out of my cheek now
I'm done pulling faces
  G                    Adim7
Iconoclasm wanes, my cynicism tires.
            Em                            Am/B               Am
But what do I know about forever, when so far I’ve been so fleeting?
           C                                      D7
Babe, my frontal lobe’s done growing, this might just be how I’m wired.

               Am/B            Am        C
But now we're kissing before brushing, smile with our whole faces
        G                             Adim7
If you want a hyphen last name I guess I don't mind the cadence
      Em                      Am/B             Am
I've seen home videos
I was there back in the 80's
       C                                       D7
And if I'm just them, and they back then could do it, why can't I?


♫ Chorus:
Am            C              G  G7   G7sus4
Just like my parents in due time
         Am               C              G   Am7  C  G   Am7  C
Imagine me, just like my parents. Yeah, right!


♫ Outro:
       G                     Am7     C            G     G7  G7sus4
‘Cause I’ve made more mistakes than simple empty moments. Uohhh
     Am/B            Am     C                       G   C
Each one as out of character as you know I tend to be
              G                       G7                                 C       Cm
There’ll be scalpers at the cemetery gates, with all my would-be widows weeping. Ohh
            Am/B              Am   C                            G   Am7  C  G   Am7  C
I’d have forgotten all their names, so why should you remember me?


    G                  C                           G   G7   G7sus4
If we grow old together, will you talk to my headstone?
           Am                                    C                       G   C  C/D
That is assuming that I die first (which is fair), and assuming I don't leave
  G                     C                          G  G7   G7sus4
Close enough to forever
I guess, to prove what I hope
         Adim7        D7          G   Adim7   Em   Am/B  Am  C  C/D  Cm   G
I mean, otherwise how am I to believe?