Will Wood – Becoming The Lastnames (Guitar)
Capo 7
Key
-
Versions
(3)
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1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
D Edim7 Bm Em/F# Em G G/A Gm
[Verse]
D G D D7 D7sus4 Don't take the following words as reverence for tradition Em G D Em7 G I've learned to pick my battles by losing most I've fought D G D D7 D7sus4 The more mores subverted, the more I sense I'm missing Em G D Em7 G D Em7 G And I'll always do it my way, even if it's just the same way I was taught D Em7 G D D7 D7sus4 I'll bring home the bread, and you'll stay home and bake it Em/F# Em G D Em7 G Weeding out the garden where the milestones gather moss D Em7 G D D7 D7sus4 Crack a smile at my vows and whisper, "wow, can you believe we really made it?" Em/F# Em G D D7 D7sus4 As I give up on dodging rice and fold my cape, I say "obviously not."
[Chorus]
Em/F# Em G D D7 D7sus4 But I want to be just like my parents before I was born Em/F# Em G D Em7 G D G Oh, can we be just like my parents? Mmh
[Verse]
D Em7 G D D7 D7sus4 I know you don't want kids, but think about a daughter Em/F# Em G D Em7 G We could name her Gwendolyn, like mom would've called me D Em7 G D D7 D7sus4 I'm not sure yet myself, but I learned from a good father Em/F# Em G D Em7 G D Em7 G Yeah, I mean, sure, they messed me up, but I think that's just the gig D Em7 G D D7 D7sus4 And maybe it's just some hormones that kick in in your late twenties Em/F# Em G D Em7 G But I have laid a lot of women, now I'd like to just lay down D Em7 G D D7 D7sus4 And marriage always scared me, but I'd like to have a last love Em/F# Em G D D7 D7sus4 And love can last a pretty good long while. I've seen it around
[Chorus]
Em/F# Em G D D7 D7sus4 Oh, can we be just like my parents when I was young? Em/F# Em G D Em7 G D Em7 G Why can't we be just like my parents? Mmh
[Bridge]
D Edim7 Bm Em/F# Em G G/A Gm
Em/F# Em G So tongue out of my cheek now, I'm done pulling faces D Edim7 Iconoclasm wanes, my cynicism tires. Bm Em/F# Em But what do I know about forever, when so far I've been so fleeting? G A7 Babe, my frontal lobe's done growing, this might just be how I'm wired. Em/F# Em G But now we're kissing before brushing, smile with our whole faces D Edim7 If you want a hyphen last name I guess I don't mind the cadence Bm Em/F# Em I've seen home videos, I was there back in the 80's G A7 And if I'm just them, and they back then could do it, why can't I?
[Chorus]
Em G D D7 D7sus4 Just like my parents in due time Em G D Em7 G D Em7 G Imagine me, just like my parents. Yeah, right!
[Outro]
D Em7 G D D7 D7sus4 'Cause I've made more mistakes than simple empty moments. Uohhh Em/F# Em G D G Each one as out of character as you know I tend to be D D7 G Gm There'll be scalpers at the cemetery gates, with all my would-be widows weeping. Ohh Em/F# Em G D Em7 G D Em7 G I'd have forgotten all their names, so why should you remember me? D G D D7 D7sus4 If we grow old together, will you talk to my headstone? Em G D G G/A That is assuming that I die first (which is fair), and assuming I don't leave D G D D7 D7sus4 Close enough to forever, I guess, to prove what I hope Edim7 A7 D Edim7 Bm Em/F# Em G G/A Gm D I mean, otherwise how am I to believe?