Misc Originals – Bert Geurtz - The Wings I Gave You (Guitar)

        C
Pictures on the wall.

                         Em
You're smiling young and wild.

                  Am
The bike's in the yard.

                  F
I still hear your voices in this house.

 C
The rooms feel kind of quiet.

   Em
The clock ticks soft and slow.

    F
And I wonder how it all turned out.

    G
This way.

                    C
I gave you wings to fly.

                          Am
Told you go and live your life.

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Now you're soaring so much higher than where I can sometimes climb.

       F                   G
It's a bittersweet kind of pride.

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Yeah, I gave you wings and stayed behind.

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I see the strength I taught you in everything you do.

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But sometimes I miss those little days when life was simple too.

 C
And I know that's how it's meant to go.

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But that don't make it light.

 F                                    G
When I hear your laughter fading down the line tonight.

    Am
So I pick up the phone, call you up though it's late.

  F
Cause it's not the time that matters.

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It's a love that never fades.

      Am
Maybe we'll meet halfway.

 F
Somewhere down the road.

         C                    G
Where my pride and my longing finally find the same home.

                    C
I gave you wings to fly.

                                Am
But also a heart that knows it's place.

                      F                        G
So I'm learning once again to keep our bond in grace.

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It's not an ending, just a line between then and now.

        G
Between pride and time.

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I love you my child.