Intro [Guitar]
| G G6 | G/B C | [x2]
Verse 1
| G G6 | G/B C | G G6 | G/B C |I am one day older than my father was Than he ever got to be | G G6 | G/B C | G G6 | G/B C |I was ten years old when I grew up Cause he died at 53 | G G6 | G/B C | G G6 | G/B C |I stared across the great divide At my mother who was left | G G6 | G/B C | G G6 | G/B C |The dinner table stretched oceans wide Like the hollow in our chests
Pre-Hook
| D Em7 | C | D Em7 | C | I never asked hard questions I thought they'd cause more pain| D Em7 | C G/B | I hadn't yet learned life's holiest lesson | Am7 | Dsus4 |That what is broken cannot heal until it's known and loved by name
Hook
| G/B C | G/B C | So tell me your story I'll tell you mine | G/B C | G/B C | You don't need to worry Everything's already alright| G/B C | G/B C | You be the universe Nothing to hide| Am7 | Dsus4 |Anywhere you ever need to go I can carry us home
Instruments
| G/B C | G/B C | [x2]
Verse 3
| G Em7 | G/B C | G Em7 | G/B C |I was taught to bury with the dead The presence of my grief| G Em7 | G/B C | G Em7 | G/B C |I see it now, but didn't then That silence is a thief
Pre-Hook 2
| D Em7 | C | It made strangers out of friends| D Em7 | C | Robbed me of saving graces offered in unlikely places| D Em7 | C |I thought I could outrun it in the end | Am7 |But when a shattered heart is desperate | Dsus4 |The only respite is to let somebody in
Hook
| G/B C | G/B C | So tell me your story I'll tell you mine | G/B C | G/B C | You don't need to worry Everything's already alright| G/B C | G/B C | You be the universe Nothing to hide| Am7 | Dsus4 |Anywhere you ever need to go I can carry us home
Instruments
| G/B C | G/B C | [x2] | G/B C | G/B C | G/B C | G/B C |I can carry us home I can carry us home
Ending [Cool Down]
| G G6 | G/B C |When I speak his name my voice gives out | G G6 | G/B C |Even after all these years | G G6 | G/B C |But I want my son to know me now | G G6 | G/B C | G |So my son will see my tears my son will see my tears






