Instruments Single Note (Guitar Lick)

| Ab Bb Db Bb | Ab Bb Db Bb || Ab Bb Db Bb | Ab Bb F |

Hook (No Keyboard)

| Bbm7 | Eb9 |A bird with the word came to me the sweetness of a honeycomb tree | Db11 | Db11 |And now I look what′s taking over me couldn't fake it if I wanted to | Gbmaj7 | Gbmaj7 |I had to wake up just to make it through I got my patience and I′m making do | Emaj7 | Emaj7 |I learned my lessons from the ancient roots I choose to follow what the greatest do

Hook (Band In)

| Bbm7 | Eb9 |A bird with the word came to me the sweetness of a honeycomb tree | Db11 | Db11 |And now I look what′s taking over me couldn't fake it if I wanted to | Gbmaj9 | Gbmaj9 |I had to wake up just to make it through I got my patience and I′m making do | Emaj7 | Emaj7 |I learned my lessons from the ancient roots I choose to follow what the greatest do

Verse 1

| Bbm7 | Eb9 |I′m repping for the longest cycle, mmm my uncles had to pay the cost, mmm | Db13sus4 | Db13sus4 |My sister used to sing to Whitney, mmm my mama caught the gambling bug, mmm | Gbmaj9 | Gbmaj9 |We came up in a lonely castle, mmm my papa was behind them bars, mmm | Emaj7 | Emaj7 |We never had to want for nothing, mmm said all we ever need is love, mmm

Pre Hook

| Bbm7 | Eb9 |We see the same things We sing the same songs | Db13sus4 | Db13sus4 |We feel the same grief Bleed the same blood | Gbmaj7 | F7#9 |You grew up in the home beside me I always had a friend to call | Emaj7 | Ab13sus4 |How could I make it here without you? Mmm I pray I leave before you're gone

Hook

| Bbm7 | Gm7b5 |A bird with the word came to me the sweetness of a honeycomb tree | Db13sus4 | Db13sus4 |And now I look what′s taking over me couldn't fake it if I wanted to | Gbmaj9 | Gbmaj9 |I had to wake up just to make it through I got my patience and I′m making do | Emaj7 | Emaj7 |I learned my lessons from the ancient roots I choose to follow what the greatest do

Hook

| Bbm7 | Eb9 |A bird with the word came to me the sweetness of a honeycomb tree | Db13sus4 | Db13sus4 |And now I look what′s taking over me couldn't fake it if I wanted to | Gbmaj9 | Gbmaj9 |I had to wake up just to make it through I got my patience and I′m making do | Emaj7 | Emaj7 |I learned my lessons from the ancient roots I choose to follow what the greatest do

Instruments

| Bbm11 | Eb9 | Db13sus4 | Db13sus4 |

Trumpet Solo

| Gbmaj9 | Gbmaj9 | Emaj7 | Emaj7 |

Outro (Only Drum And Keys)

| Bbm7 | Eb9 |Hey, my little youth is crying I'm almost home, (almost home) | Db13sus4 | Db13sus4 |Look no further riots, mmm working my fingers to the bone | Gbmaj9 | Gbmaj9 |See I do the best I can, mmm Mama was a farmer, mmm | Emaj7 | [N.C.] |Papa was a goner, mmm...