Birthright

G D/F# C Give your blood to the landscape D/F# G Dip your toes in the water, D/F# C Getting wet in the same place, D/F# G Where you grew and you taught her, D/F# C D/F# To move so she’d never cause a bruise, G D/F# C D/F# Where had reflecting light really got her? G D/F# C Catch your breath in the cold caves, D/F# G Breaking bones in the harbour, D/F# C Watch your hair as it cascades, D/F# G To the floor of the barber, D/F# C D/F# Who knew you don’t even have to choose, G D/F# C D/F# You can be both a friend and a father. C It is difficult, Em D/F# Don’t know if I remember it all, C It is visual, Em D/F# With all the pictures on the wall. G And I need a little more, D/F# A little time to work out, C D/F# What I make of this, D/F# I might need, G A little more, D/F# A little time to figure out, C D/F# If I’m made for this, C D/F# G And if I could listen more then I’d talk a little less, G D/F# Em* ‘Cause I’m bored of this, C D/F# G So maybe I should give it a miss. G D/F# C D/F# G D/F# C D/F# G D/F# C Feel the grass under bare feet, D/F# G And your heart beating faster, D/F# C Changing clothes in the backstreets, D/F# G Always ends in disaster, D/F# C D/F# It’s true if you come home with dirty shoes, G D/F# Cadd9 D/F# You will never get a “happy ever after”. G D/F# Cadd9 Cross your arms in the back seat, D/F# G As the belt’s getting tighter, D/F# Cadd9 Falling hard on the concrete, D/F# G Never much of a fighter, D/F# Cadd9 D/F# You go first and the words only get worse, G D/F# Cadd9 D/F# But they dull as the weight gets lighter. Cadd9 It is difficult, Em D/F# Don’t know if I remember it all, Cadd9 It is visual, Em D/F# With all the pictures on the wall. G And I need a little more, D/F# A little time to work out, C D/F# What I make of this, D/F# I might need, G A little more, D/F# A little time to figure out, C D/F# If I’m made for this, C D/F# G And if I could listen more then I’d talk a little less, G D/F# Em* ‘Cause I’m bored of this, C D/F# G D/F# Cadd9 D/F# So maybe I should give it a miss. C D/F# G And if I could listen more then I’d talk a little less, G D/F# Em* But I can’t help it, C D/F# G So maybe I should give it a miss.