Key: G major
Intro 1
B
G
C
G
Am
G
D
C
Am
Verse 1
D
G
born with my hand in a fist
C
G
Am
And my eyes shut tight
G
D
Any wonder that I cannot resist
C
G
Am
Punchin' blindly in a fight
D
G
The first time I saw swans
D
Am
flyin' to the sun
D
G
D
I wanted to be one
Am
D
Verse 2
G
Em
C
Like every mother's son
Am
G
When I saw my life had begun
Em
C
G
Am
I wanted to be someone
Like my brother and my
one and only father
G
D
Em
C
Am
And like every mother's son
Verse 3
G
D
I was raised within a cause
C
G
Am
With a purpose to fulfill
G
D
I was taught to de fend what was mine
C
G
Am
And instructed not to kill
D
G
My small mortal eyes can see eternity
D
Am
D
In the clouds that dissolve and
G
D
then regroup endlessly
Am
D
Verse 4
G
Em
C
Like every mother's son
Am
G
When a man showed me how to use a gun
Em
C
Am
I wished I'd never need one
Like my brother and my
one and only father
G
D
Em
C
And like every mother's son
Am
D
Interlude 1
Am
D
Am
D
Am
D
Am
G
D
Verse 5
C
G
Am
G
icity
D
G
C
Assumes it s role better than
G
Am
me
D
G
I'm a displaced person whose culture
D
Am
let me down
D
G
I raise my own daughters in a
Verse 6
G
Em
C
Like every mother's son
Am
G
I've lost some and some I've won
Em
G
C
G
Am
Now I'm waiting for a new dawn
Like my brother and my
one and only father
G
D
And like every mother's son
Em
C
Am
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB G C Am D...
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