Sleeping at Last – Heirloom (Ukulele)

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[Intro] D [Verse 1]
D            A          G                D
You try your hardest to leave the past alone.

D            A          G                D
This crooked posture is all you’ve ever known.

D           A            G                D
It is the consequence of living in between

D             A              G              D
The weight of family and the pull of gravity.
[Chorus]
D                   A                     G
You are so much more than your father’s son.

D                   A                   G
You are so much more than what I’ve become.
[Verse 2]
D        A             G            D
Long before you were born there was light

D        A           G                 D
Hidden deep in these young, unfamiliar eyes.

D         A               G                D
A million choices, though little on their own,

D          A               G                D
Become the heirloom of the heaviness you’ve known.

D                   A                     G
You are so much more than your father’s son.

D                   A                     G
You are so much more than what I’ve become,

 D A
*wooo*     

            G
What I’ve become,

 D A
*wooo*     

            G
What I’ve become,
D [Bridge]
D
You pressed rewind

A
For the thousandth time

D                            G
When the tapes wore through.

D
So you memorized

A
Those unscripted lines,

D                            G
Desperate for some kind of clue:

D
When the scale tipped,

A
When you inherited

D                              G
A fight that you were born to lose.

D
It’s not your fault,

A
No, it’s not your fault,

D                          G
I put this heavy heart in you.

D                          G
I put this heavy heart in you.
[Verse 3]
D       A          G                D
You remind me of who I could have been,

D          A            G               D
Had I been stronger and braver way back then.

D         A               G                D
A million choices, though little on their own,

D          A               G                D
Became the heirloom of the heaviness we’ve known.
[Chorus]
D                   A                     G
You are so much more than your father’s son.

D                   A                     G
You are so much more than the wars you’ve won.

D                   A                     G
You are so much more than your father’s son.

D                   A                     G
You are so much more than what I’ve become.