Beyoncé – Protector (Guitar)

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As recorded by Beyoncé feat. Rumi Carter (From the 2024 Album COWBOY CARTER) [Intro] N.C. Mom, can I hear the lullaby?
N.C.    G  C  G  C
Please?
[Verse 1]
            G
And there I was, tangled up in marigold

        Em                                 G
We were listenin' to the reverent children singin'

       Em
(Sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing) Hm, yeah

        G
Hummin' low as the garden river flows

      Em                                G
While the August light becomes a golden evenin'

Em
(Evenin') Yeah
[Chorus]
                    G                                Cmaj7
And I will lead you down that road if you lose your way

                   G       Em
Born to be a protector, mm-hmm

     Dm                                       C
Even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own

                     G
I will be your projector, mm, mm-hmm
[Verse 2]
G
An apricot picked right off a given tree

  Em
I gave watеr to the soil

           G               Em
And now it feeds me, yeah, yеah (Yeah)

              G
And there you are, shaded underneath it all

       Em
I feel proud of who I am

            G    Am  Em
Because you need me, yeah (Yeah)
[Chorus]
                    G                     Am        Em
And I will lead you down that road if you lose your way (Uh)

                G              Em
Born to be a protector (—tor), mm

     Dm                                       C
Even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own

                  G
I will be your projector, hm-mm

         Dm                                       C
And even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own

                     G                         Em
I will be your projector, projector, projector
[Bridge]
  G                                     Em
I first saw your face in your father's gaze

          G                                 Em
There's a long line of hands carryin' your name, mm

G                              Em
Liftin' you up, so you will be raised
[Chorus]
            Dm                                C
Even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own

                     G
I will be your projector, hey-yeah

         Dm                                       C
And even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own

                     G
I will be your protector, born to be a protector
[Outro] C G Em G