Delayed Gratitude chords by Ed Rowe

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Verse 1
Am 
Dm 
Song's kinda personal.
Am 
Something I will probably nev
Dm 
er ever express.
Nevertheless, check,
Gotta get it off my chest.
Am 
Dm 
I'm good though. Used to hate
Em 
the fact you wasn't there.
Am 
Skipped the festivities, yo,
Dm 
it wasn't fair.
Harbored hatred in my heart
Em 
for him for a while.
Am 
Hard to face it, haunted faces,
Dm 
hardly gave a smile.
But time passed and the wide gashed
Em 
Am 
and my heart healed up
Dm 
Like a North Carolina basketball player
Em 
Papa was, couldn't knock
Am 
him cause I realized
Mistakes made,
Dm 
never made him stop to love
Em 
An awakening within,
Am 
al  most identical
Dm 
To separate me from my twin,
couldn't do it here
Em 
My old man's too humorous
Am 
Always saying why all your cha
Dm 
-cha's foolishness
Em 
Am 
We're making one so, y 'all a walk
Dm 
like you ain't been on the wrong tour
Kinda critical I must admit
Em 
Am 
And that's something we got in common,
so we fuss a bit
Dm 
But I refuse to be holding grudges
because of it
Em 
Am 
We'll just get a little vexed,
maybe cuss a bit
Dm 
An  d he'll be like,
don't make me optimistical
Em 
if you're on the air hole
Am 
That's what my pops used to tell me
Dm 
since I was a year old
Yeah, just a rare soul
F# 
F#m 
A 
I don't know nobody
C#m 
G#m 
else like him, you know
C#m 
He's my brother from another mother
Yeah, check this one out
D#m 
G#m 
Rare  soul  that I found and my mother
C#m 
Gave me everything I ever
G#m 
wanted to dis   cover
D#m 
Never been one to hug her,
G#m 
not the least bit affectionate
C#m 
But moms  I love ya,
I hope this brief skin expresses it
D#m 
To reach deep in crevices
G#m 
you never showed
C#m 
I've been a waste of potential,
you expect it to grow
G#m 
And those who probably
won't admit it,
I know that's how you feel
C#m 
That's probably what my
degree should be,
G#m 
you know this how it seals
D#m 
All the cosigns on student loans
G#m 
I placed upon your bones
C#m 
While you struggled every day
to make this place we call home
I was busy chillin',
G#m 
really doin' much of nothin'
C#m 
Instead of passing classes,
passin' Dutchess, busy puffin'
D#m 
G#m 
Almost  made me cry when I had to tell you why
C#m 
G#m 
I needed 700   just so I could pay that fine
D#m 
I apo   logize,
G#m 
C#m 
I know I owe you like a thousand times over
I understand it better now I'm older
G#m 
The life lessons that
you tried to show ya
C#m 
Knuckle -headed son,
but best believe I'm done
D#m 
being foolish
G#m 
Wasn't sure  if you knew this
C#m 
So once concepts in the meat
D#m 
I wrote a thank you note to    it
G#m 
C#m 
So once concepts in the meat
C#m 
I wrote a thank you note to it
G#m 
C#m 
G#m 
I'm   eternally grateful to you,
C#m 
the only reason I  exist,
G#m 
D#m 
G#m 
C#m 
I really ain't been ish,
D#m 
I know I don't show it,
G#m 
C#m 
and I thank you for everything.