Capo 1
Optional Chords:
[Fmaj7]
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[Intro]
Cmaj7 C Cmaj C Am Fmaj7 Fmaj7
Cmaj7 C Cmaj C Am Fmaj7 Fmaj7
[Verse]
Cmaj7 C
this is the time
Cmaj7 C
that I would like to acknowledge
Am Fmaj7 Fmaj7
all of those in our lives
Cmaj7 C
if we could take a moment
Cmaj7 C
and just live up to it own it
Am Fmaj7 Fmaj7
that would be just fine
C Cmaj7
because they make these sacrifices
C Cmaj7 Am
just to get us through the night
Fmaj7
and all of us sorted
Fmaj7
it's like who turned off the lights
C Cmaj7
and I look up to my mother
C Cmaj7
and a tear comes to her eye
Dm7 Am
but she will be alright (alright)
[Bridge]
Am
Alright
Fmaj7
Alright
Fmaj7
Alright
Cmaj7
Alright
Am
Alright
Fmaj7
Alright
Fmaj7
Alright
C
Alright (and then she says)
[Chorus]
Am
good to know
Fmaj7
just won't make it
C
kid you gotta take it
C
into your own hands
Am
oh my gosh
Fmaj7
it's making sense
C
with all this time we're hangin round
C
sittin on the fences
Am
good to know
Fmaj7
just doesn't make it
C
kid you gotta take it
C
into your own hands
Am
oh my gosh
Fmaj7
it's making sense
C
with all this time we're hangin round
C
sittin on the fences
Am Fmaj7
the fences
C C
the fences
[Verse]
Cmaj7 C
so take a look around you
Cmaj7 C Am
these people founded you
Fmaj7 Fmaj7
from a conversation
Cmaj7 C
and how bout a holler for all-of-the
Cmaj7 C
adults who don't get bothered
Fmaj7 Fmaj7
when you keep them waiting
Cmaj7 C
what about that 7: 00 AM call
Cmaj7 C Am
can you come get me at this place
Fmaj7
and there's a hole in the rug
Fmaj7
from all the steps that you've been pacing
Cmaj7 C
and I look up to my father
Cmaj7 C
and I thank him for his patience
Dm
I finally say it
Am
I think we'll make it
[Bridge]
Am
we finally made it
Fmaj7
we really made it
Fmaj7
Uhh Uhh..
C
Yep. (and then he says)
[Chorus]
Am
good to know
Fmaj7
just doesn't make it
C
kid you gotta take it
C
into your own hands
Am
oh my gosh
Fmaj7
it's making sense
C
with all this time we're hangin round
C
sittin on the fences
Am
good to know
Fmaj7
just doesn't make it
C
kid you gotta take it
C
into your own hands
Am
oh my gosh
Fmaj7
it's making sense
C
with all this time we're hangin round
C
sittin on the fences
[Outro]
Am Fmaj7 C C
(the fences) (the fences)
Am Fmaj7 C C
(the fences) (the fences)
Am Fmaj7 C C
(the fences) (the fences)
Am Fmaj7 C C
(the fences)