Dashboard Confessional – Me And Mine (Guitar)

Capo 4
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Chords

[Intro] D Dsus2 Bm A7sus4 A7 D [Verse]
    D
The boy leaps from his bed

       Dsus2
Comes bounding down the stairs

    Bm
The sun’s not even up
He doesn’t even care [Refrain]
A7sus4  A7
And I……

                       D
Yes, I was like that once
[Verse]
           D
He says, “Daddy, it’s today”

               Dsus2
There is this promise that we made

       Bm
And I open my eyes slowly
And I see his smiling face [Refrain]
   A7sus4  A7
And I….

                      D
Yes, I was like that once
[Bridge]
      D/G
So I put on my shirt

       Dsus2
And my jeans and my boots

       Bm
And I say, “Boy, I love you”
And he knows that I do
            D/G
He says, “Pops, can we stop?”

      Dsus2
For breakfast on the way

         Bm
I say, “Son, I’ll brew the coffee
And I’ll make you some eggs”
              D/G
And I thank God

    A7sus4
That he

    D
Is mine
[Interlude] D Dsus2 Bm A7sus4 A7 D [Verse]
     D        
The girl calls from the yard

           Dsus2   
“Daddy, daddy, come and see”

           Bm   
She’s perfecting her front handspring
And she is showing off for me [Refrain]
    A7sus4 A7
And I

                       D 
Yes, I was like that once
[Verse]
      D    
So I pull off both my boots

       Dsus2
And I raise up both my hands

        Bm             
Then I show her I can do one, too
And she laughs hard ’cause I can’t [Refrain]
    A7sus4 A7
And I

                 D 
I was like that once
[Bridge]
             D/G
She says, “Dad, you’re like ridiculous”

        Dsus2  
I say, “That’s kinda my job”

         Bm 
And she kisses me on my cheek
Then she’s back out in the yard
             D/G
And she is wild

    A7sus4  
And free

     D 
And mine

             D/G   
Oh, I thank God

     A7sus4
That she

     D 
Is mine
[Verse]
     D 
The woman’s on the porch

            Dsus2
She says, “Husband come and sit”

        Bm    
And we look up at the stars
And we talk about our kids [Refrain]
    A7sus4 A7
And I

                  D   
“I was like that once,” she says
[Verse]
         D/G 
And she says, “Do you remember

          Dsus2
Just how terrified you were

   Bm  
Before our babies came
How you were shaken to the core?” [Refrain]
   A7sus4 A7
And I

                  D 
I was like that once
[Bridge]
               D/G 
And she says, “Oh love
Look how blessed
Dsus2
You and I’ve become”

        Bm    
And I take her hand and say to her

Bm
You’ll always be the one
And I’m still
 D/G         
Mystified

      A7sus4 
That you
Want to
    D 
Be mine

             D/G    
Oh, I thank God

    A7sus4       D 
That you are mine
[Outro]
             D/G 
And I thank God

    A7sus4     D 
That he is mine

             D/G 
And I thank God

    A7sus4     D  
That she is mine

             D/G
And I thank God

   A7sus4      D 
For me and mine