Me and Mine chords by Dashboard Confessional

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
The  (D major) 
boy leaps from his bed
Em 
Comes  (E minor) bounding down the stairs
Bm 
The  (B minor) sun 's not even up yet
He doesn't even care

Verse 2

And I

Yes, I was like that once

Verse 3

He says, "Daddy, it's today"

There is this promise that we made

And I open my eyes slowly

And I see his smiling face

Verse 4

And I

Yes, I was like that once

Verse 5

So I put on my shirt

And my jeans and my boots

And I say, "Boy, I love you"

And he knows that I do

Verse 6

He says, "Pops, can we stop?"

For breakfast on the way

I say, "Son, I'll brew the coffee

And I'll make you some eggs"

Verse 7

And I thank God

That he

Is mine

Interlude 1

Verse 8
D 
 (D major) The girl calls from the yard
G 
"Daddy, daddy,  (G major) come and see"
Bm 
She's  (B minor) per fecting her front
handspring
And she is showing off for me

Verse 9

And I

Yes, I was like that once

Verse 10

So I pull off both my boots

And I raise up both my hands

Then I show her I can do one, too

And she laughs hard 'cause I can't

Verse 11

And I

I was like that once

Verse 12
G 
She says,  (G major) "Dad,
you're like ridiculous"
D 
I say, "That's kinda  (D major) my job"
And she kisses me on my cheek
A 
D 
Then she's  (A major) back out in  (D major) the yard
G 
And she is wild  (G major) 
D 
And free  (D major) 

Verse 13
And mine
D 
 (D major) 
G 
Oh, I thank  (G major) God
D 
That  (D major) she
Is mine

Verse 14
D 
 (D major) The woman's on the porch
Em 
She says, "Hus (E minor) band come and sit"
Bm 
And we  (B minor) look up at the stars
And we talk about our kids

Verse 15

And I

"I was like that once," she says

Verse 16

And she says, "Do you remember

Just how terrified you were

Before our babies came

How you were shaken to the core?"

Verse 17

And I

I was like that once

Verse 18
G 
And she says,  (G major) "Oh love
Look how blessed
D 
You and I've  (D major) become"
And I take her hand and say
to her
"You'll always be the one"
G 
And I'm still  (G major) mystified
D 
That  (D major) you
Want to
Be mine

Verse 19

Oh, I thank God

That you are mine

Verse 20
D 
 (D major) 
G 
And I thank  (G major) God
D 
That  (D major) he is mine
G 
And I thank  (G major) God
D 
That she  (D major) is mine
G 
And I thank  (G major) God
For me and mine