Key: C# minor
Intro 1
G#m
F#
B
F#
B
E
G#m
F#
B
F#
B
G#m
F#
B
F#
E
G#m
F#
B
Verse 1
F#
B
how to lie from your dad
G#m
F#
Sneaking around,
B
E
yeah you've both got it down
G#m
F#
It all changed when he left,
B
E
you were alone, you were scared
F#
B
you're the man of your house
G#m
F#
You forgot how to dream
B
E
by the age of sixteen
G#m
F#
You were bored out of your mind,
B
E
in school half the time
G#m
F#
All the words on the page
B
E
always seemed rearranged
G#m
F#
B
And the teachers had long given up
E
B
Oh, we're not much different, you and I
B
G#m
B
E
lion miles apart
D#
D#m
What you choose is hard
G#m
C#m
wired into you
G#m
F#
B
E
G#m
F#
B
G#m
F#
You left home and came back
B
F#
B
E
as the job mar ket crashed
G#m
F#
B
Back in with your mum at age 21
E
G#m
F#
Save your cash for a flat
B
E
G#m
Soon adopted a cat, still a child,
F#
B
you're the man of your house
G#m
F#
26, you're a dad,
B
F#
B
E
as your son grasps your hand
G#m
F#
You're aware from the start,
B
E
to protect him from harm
G#m
F#
From the world, it's your chance,
B
E
to lay rest to the past
G#m
F#
B
E
Oh my son, it won't happen to you
E
B
Only sometimes we're a
D#m
F#
What you choose is
E
G#m
E
Through your infant mind
B
F#
E
And you said, be a brave boy
These fears are mine,
these fears aren't yours
F#
B
You get this fight, it'll open doors indeed
E
G#m
E
All of your chances
And you'll always have our full support
E
D#m
You can't, I was doubt
E
G#m
C#m
E
And the pain that I felt won't
G#m
F#
B
E
G#m
F#
apply to you
B
E
G#m
E
F#
Cos the face that you wear
E
G#m
F#
Is the one you adorned
as our instincts take shape
E
G#m
F#
You're a child, you're a man,
you're a child
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