Grace Avery VanderWaal (born January 15, 2004) is a Dutch-American singer, songwriter, and ukuleleist from Suffern, New York. She was born near Kansas City, Kansas, to Tina and David VanderWaal, who lived in Lenexa at the time. Her father is of Dutch descent.
In September 2016, at age 12, she won the eleventh season of NBC's America's Got Talent singing her original songs. In December 2016, VanderWaal released her first EP, Perfectly Imperfect, on the Columbia Records label.
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Verse 1:
AbBbm There's a world outside my door
Fm I don't know it anymore, I'm gonna stay here now, I'm gonna stay here now
AbBbm Close the curtains, cut the lights
Fm Match the darkness in my mind, it's gonna take me down, it's gonna take me down
Pre-Chorus 1:
Ab All the roads I've been before
BbmFm The same mistakes always got me shakin'
Ab And all the signs I once ignored
BbmFmDb In my denial, I didn't want to face them
Chorus 1:
AbBbmFm I can see clearly now, the rain has gone
AbBbmEb I accept all the things that I cannot change
AbBbmFm Gone are the dark clouds, the dawn has come
AbBbmFm It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day
Verse 2:
AbBbm There's a world outside my door
Fm I forced my feet down to the floor, I'm gonna make it out, I'm gonna make it out
AbBbm Take a breath and say a prayer
Fm Find the strength in my despair, it's not gonna take me down, it's not gonna take me down
Pre-Chorus 2:
Ab All the roads I've been before
BbmFm The same mistakes always got me shakin'
Ab And all the signs I once ignored
BbmFmDb In my denial, I didn't want to face them
Chorus 2:
AbBbmFm I can see clearly now, the rain has gone
AbBbmEb I accept all the things that I cannot change
AbBbmFm Gone are the dark clouds, the dawn has come
AbBbmFm It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day
AbBbmFm It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day
Bridge:
AbBbm All the pain in my sorrow
Fm Won't change today, only ruin tomorrow, oh-oh
AbBbm All the pain in my sorrow
Fm -nc-
Won't change today, only ruin tomorrow
Chorus 3:
AbBbmFm I can see clearly now, the rain has gone
AbBbmEb I accept all the things that I cannot change
AbBbmFm Gone are the dark clouds, the dawn has come
AbBbmFm It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day
AbBbmFm It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day