My Boy

Intro 
Am7 Dm9 {x3} 


 
           Am7 Dm9 
Stay young. 
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Stay small, my boy. 
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Fit inside these arms forever 
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'Cause the world's not all it's cracked up to 
Am7   Dm9   Gm 
Be (Be) 
        F Dm9 
I sigh 
       F Dm9 
I cry.    my boy 
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Soon you'll see the world is not this room 
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And I can't keep you from the pain that you'll have to 
Am7   Dm9  C  Gm 
See (See) 
 

 
       F                            Dm9 
Lord, it's tough to hold my son in the moment 
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I need to keep him safe, tell me which direction this world is going 
Am7  Dm9                                  C 
  I  feel the same for my lack of faith when you walk the ocean 
                         Dm                                                       F 
Eve bit the apple, my faith is weak, and my trust is broken  . 
                    Dm9 
There's things that I can't keep him from 
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Like the loneliness you feel in the realizations of growing up 
Am7        Dm9                                                   C 
Like a best friend at his mother's bedside when she passes from the 
leukemia 
                              Gm 
Like a coach about to die asking you why he's gotta leave his son 
Am7 Dm9 
           I hate the weakness of owning up to sins of past 
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    I hate the weakness of giving up what I used to have 
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I hate the weakness of showing my son what makes me sad 
C 
He said a present father is worth way more than a perfect dad 
 

 
            Am7 Dm9 
Stay young. 
                   Am7 Dm9 
Stay small, my boy. 
        Am7             Dm9 
Fit inside these arms forever 
'Cause the world's not all it's cracked up to 
Am7   Dm9   Gm 
Be (Be) 
        F Dm9 
I sigh 
       F Dm9 
I cry.    my boy 
        Am7             Dm9 
Soon you'll see the world is not this room 
        Am7             Dm9 
And I can't keep you from the pain that you'll have to 
Am7  Dm9 C  Gm F 
See  (See) 
 

Outro 
N.C. 
Stay young