Biography:
[Intro]
Ebmaj9 Eb
Ebmaj9 Cm7
Ebsus2/Ab
Eb/G Absus2 Bb7sus4
[Verse 1]
Ebmaj9 Eb
I see the road.
Cm7
But where will it take me?
Ebmaj9 Eb
I'll carry my load
Cm7
and follow the signs.
Ebmaj9/Ab
The signs show no hope
Cm7
and most of them blank anyway.
Ebmaj9
Where is the rope
Cm7
I can tug so you'll save me?
[Chorus]
Gm7 Ab Bb Cm7
Still I try to maintain in clever conversation.
Gm7 Ab Bb Cm7
I just found love, now I'm seeking my salvation
Gm7 Ab Bb Cm7
from the fear and the realness. I'll escape my adolesence
Dbsus2
but no.
Ab
No, no,
Ebmaj9 Cm7
there's no turning back now
[Interlude]
Emaj9/Ab
Eb/G Absus2 Bb7sus2
[Verse 2]
Ebmaj9
Like a punch in the face,
Cm7
this news can't hit harder.
Ebmaj9
I'm losing my place
Cm7
tryin' to swallow it down.
Ebmaj9/Ab
Am I awake?
Bb Cm7
Should I question my ardor?
Ebmaj9
For ev'ry word that she says.
Cm7
Ev'ry word that she says.
[Chorus]
Gm7 Ab Bb Cm7
I should leave this place, pretend it's not my bother.
Bb Gm7 Ab Bb Cm7
Find someone else 'cause I'm not prepared to father.
Bb Gm7 Ab Bb Cm7
I'm seventeen for Christ sake and I just want my mom,
Bb Dbsus2
but no.
Ab
No, no,
Absus4
there's no turning back now
[Bridge]
Absus2
And suddenly I've sunk into nothing. I'm useless 'cause
Eb/G
I don't give a fuck about nothing.
Fm11
But she seems trusting. She says she loves me.
Eb/G Ab Bbadd4
But what does that mean?
Absus2
Oh, what a coward!
Eb/G
I took no blame for how it happened.
Fm11
She says she loves me and still I feel cornered
Eb/G Ab Bbadd4
I wish I had my dad for this man to man...
Gm
but he left me.
Bb/F Gm Bb/F Cm7
Oh, he left me.
Bbadd4/D
It was a mistake, but it was mine to make.
Eb5 Eb5/G Absus2
Leave it or take it, I'll brave through the pain.
Cm7
I've got time.
Bbadd4/D Eb5
I've got nine months to get my shit together
Eb5/G Absus2
and turn myself around.
Eb
I can protect her.
Fm11 Eb/G
She loves me... it's in this letter.
Bbm Eb
I'll go show her I'm a man.
Eb7 Ab Abm
I won't let her down.
Eb9 Cm11
[Outro]
Eb9
I'm seventeen.
Cm11
A dad to be.
Dbsus2 Absus2 Dbsus2 Absus2
Ab5/D Ab5/Eb Ab5/Fb Ab5/G
Ab5
N.C. Ebsus2 Eb
There's no turning back now.
Ebmaj9 Eb
Ebmaj9 Cm7
Ebsus2/Ab
Eb/G Absus2 Bb7sus4
[Verse 1]
Ebmaj9 Eb
I see the road.
Cm7
But where will it take me?
Ebmaj9 Eb
I'll carry my load
Cm7
and follow the signs.
Ebmaj9/Ab
The signs show no hope
Cm7
and most of them blank anyway.
Ebmaj9
Where is the rope
Cm7
I can tug so you'll save me?
[Chorus]
Gm7 Ab Bb Cm7
Still I try to maintain in clever conversation.
Gm7 Ab Bb Cm7
I just found love, now I'm seeking my salvation
Gm7 Ab Bb Cm7
from the fear and the realness. I'll escape my adolesence
Dbsus2
but no.
Ab
No, no,
Ebmaj9 Cm7
there's no turning back now
[Interlude]
Emaj9/Ab
Eb/G Absus2 Bb7sus2
[Verse 2]
Ebmaj9
Like a punch in the face,
Cm7
this news can't hit harder.
Ebmaj9
I'm losing my place
Cm7
tryin' to swallow it down.
Ebmaj9/Ab
Am I awake?
Bb Cm7
Should I question my ardor?
Ebmaj9
For ev'ry word that she says.
Cm7
Ev'ry word that she says.
[Chorus]
Gm7 Ab Bb Cm7
I should leave this place, pretend it's not my bother.
Bb Gm7 Ab Bb Cm7
Find someone else 'cause I'm not prepared to father.
Bb Gm7 Ab Bb Cm7
I'm seventeen for Christ sake and I just want my mom,
Bb Dbsus2
but no.
Ab
No, no,
Absus4
there's no turning back now
[Bridge]
Absus2
And suddenly I've sunk into nothing. I'm useless 'cause
Eb/G
I don't give a fuck about nothing.
Fm11
But she seems trusting. She says she loves me.
Eb/G Ab Bbadd4
But what does that mean?
Absus2
Oh, what a coward!
Eb/G
I took no blame for how it happened.
Fm11
She says she loves me and still I feel cornered
Eb/G Ab Bbadd4
I wish I had my dad for this man to man...
Gm
but he left me.
Bb/F Gm Bb/F Cm7
Oh, he left me.
Bbadd4/D
It was a mistake, but it was mine to make.
Eb5 Eb5/G Absus2
Leave it or take it, I'll brave through the pain.
Cm7
I've got time.
Bbadd4/D Eb5
I've got nine months to get my shit together
Eb5/G Absus2
and turn myself around.
Eb
I can protect her.
Fm11 Eb/G
She loves me... it's in this letter.
Bbm Eb
I'll go show her I'm a man.
Eb7 Ab Abm
I won't let her down.
Eb9 Cm11
[Outro]
Eb9
I'm seventeen.
Cm11
A dad to be.
Dbsus2 Absus2 Dbsus2 Absus2
Ab5/D Ab5/Eb Ab5/Fb Ab5/G
Ab5
N.C. Ebsus2 Eb
There's no turning back now.
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