Family Tree Chords

[Intro]
C  G/B  C  G/B
 
 
[Verse 1]
C                Em
Mama, I see your face now
       Dm
In the mirror
              F  G/B
It's getting clearer
C                         Em
Daddy, all those things I said I wouldn't do
     Dm
I've been drawn to
         F            G/B
'Cause I looked up to you
         Am                     G/B         F
And I've loved you through this tangled legacy
            F                         G/B
Tracing the twisted roots of our family tree
 
 
[Chorus]
         C  F        C
I stayed strong like you did
        Em F      Gsus4
I moved on.. like you did
      Am                          F
And I wound up tough as stone like you did
           C                F              G/B
If I don't learn to bend, I know I'm gonna break
     C      G/B
Like you did
 
 
[Verse 2]
C                Em
Lover, I must forgive you
     Dm
I confused you
     F               G/B
With what I couldn't see
  C
Inside of me
            Em
Dark things pulling
     Dm
Not evolving
       F             G/B
Made a puppet out of me
        Am             G/B      F
And you came with your own history
            F                            G/B
Both caught in the branches of our family tree
 
 
[Chorus]
              C F        C
But I stayed strong like you did
        Em F      Gsus4
I moved on.. like you did
      Am                      F
And I wound up all alone like you did
           C                F              G/B
If I don't learn to bend, I know I'm gonna break
     Am          G/B
Just like you did
 
 
[Bridge]
  Am                     F#dim
I love you but I need to look at who we've been
Am                                     F#dim
Take the fruit but choose the seeds I scatter in the wind
           Dm
That's the job of the kid
      C/E                    F
To do better than our parents did
 
 
[Chorus]
              C F       C
So I'll stay strong like you did
              Em F       Gsus4
And I'll move on... like you did
      Am                           F
But I won't hide from the truth like you did
    C           F              G/B
I'm learning to bend so I won't break
            C                 F                    G/B
And you can bet I'll teach my child that love will always find a way
         F   C/E F G/B C
Just like you did
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