Key: G minor
Verse 1
Em
Asus2
Em
My parents were immigrants,
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new to these shores, when they were just barely eighteen.
Em
They struggled and sacrificed, pounded on doors,
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Em
to carve out the life they'd foreseen.
Bm
F#dim
A life for the daughter
E
Em
G
I am that daughter eternally grateful
Asus2
B
For all that they gave up
Em
Asus2
Em
for me.
F#m
F#
F#m
I belong to a long line of men,
B
F#m
all electricians by trade.
F#
F#m
My grandfather first, my father then,
B
F#m
so proud of the business they made.
F#
Bm
B
A mantle is claimed, a torch will be passed,
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E
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C#
making our family legacy last.
F#
Asus2
So here I stand with my fu ture ordained,
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F#
and a life that is planned out for me.
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D
C
Em
E
Oh, great expectations,
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D
C
B
Bm
Oh, great expectations of
Em
Asus2
E
Em
me
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E
F#
F#m
I have a road that's laid
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F#m
Their daughter's degree and
their daughter's career,
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F#
everything that can afford.
struggle I see.
the life that they fought.
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C#
Is light years away from the life that I want.
F#
Asus2
So I plant a flag, because I need a
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piece of the world I can claim for myself.
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D
C
Em
E
Em
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
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Em
D
C
D
C
B
oh,
Bm
E
Great expectations of me!
G
Em
A vision so focused and clear
make my mistakes
It's time that I screamed
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C
D
C
dreamed
Em
E
D
Great expectations, great expectations
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D
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
C
Em
E
Em
D
Great expectations, great expectations
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C
B
for
GREAT
EXPECTATIONS
OF
GREAT
GREAT
EXPECTATIONS
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OF
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B
E
Em
A
Asus2
ME
you
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