Misc Musicals – Atomic - What I Tell Myself (Guitar)

        F                 C              Dm                       A#
When my boy was young, I told him, "Son, I'll keep your monsters on the run

F                     C                  Dm
he'd feel so safe and fall asleep in my arms.

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And as I tucked his sheets in tights, I'd kiss his head and pray I might

      F              C              Dm
find ways to keep my baby safe from harm.

      Gm             F          C
Now I turn around surprised to see

         Gm             F         D#
that the monster he had feared is me

       F    C  A#
What I tell myself

   F       C        A#
to get to sleep at night.

       F    C  A#
What's done is done

   Dm      C        A#
we saved a million lives

   Dm          C         A#       C D
so why can't I sleep at night

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On my baby girl's first preschool day, she squeezed my hand and said "Daddy, stay",

    G               D                   Em
for fear some bully kid would treat her mean.

     G                D             Em              C
So I sat in that last row of chairs till she didn't need me there.

    G                  D                 Em
Now ten years old, she thinks our name's unclean.

         Am                  G       D
What I'd never thought would feel so bad

            Am        G        D
is when the bully she hates is Dad

       G    D   C
What I tell myself

   G       D        C
to get to sleep at night.

       G    D      C
If the war dragged on

Em       D          C
millions would have died,

   Em          D         C
so why can't I sleep at night?

  D                       E
I did what I did 'cause I thought it was right,

  D                       E
I did what I did 'cause I thought it was right,

  D                       E                            F#m  F#
I did what I did 'cause I though it the right thing to do.

       Bm   A   E
What I tell myself

   Bm       A        E
to get to sleep at night.

         Bm     A          E
When the lights (When the) lights go out

F#m        E       D
we saved a million lives

    F#m         E      D       E
the choice we made was right