B - x24442
E - 022100
E* - x79997
C#m - x46654
Ebm - x68876

Intro: B B


Bwell (x2444x@1)I woke up this morning 
and I made a resolution, 
        E (022100@1)                                       BI (x2444x@1)said "never going to sing another sad song again."       
I decided I'd admit it, 
I'm not an intellectual,
           E (022100@1)                                          Bthough (x2444x@1)the words never come easy unless I'm singing them, 
        C#m (x13321@4)                                       Band (x2444x@1)the hills that I was born in will never leave me no matter how hard I try.

Band (x2444x@1)then my brother was murdered 
while my father was in prison, 
         E (022100@1)                                       Band (x2444x@1)the girl that I sometimes loved up and moved away, 
and my body filled up with blackness, and the darkness it wanted to drown me,
       E (022100@1)                                         Band (x2444x@1)I heard my father's footsteps catching up to me, 
     C#m (x13321@4)                                     Ebm (xx4342@1)
and he took me by the shoulders and he said "son, my hands are strong, but I
 E*                                   B (x2444x@1)            
hope you have the strength to shake us free, 
E (022100@1)        B (x2444x@1)     E (022100@1)          B (x2444x@1)      E (022100@1)                    Bshake (x2444x@1)us free boy, shake us free my son, you better shake us free."

Band (x2444x@1)now I'm lying in the van,
chicago in the springtime,
         E (022100@1)                                           Band (x2444x@1)the rain outside was falling sounds just like popcorn,
but before I open my eyes I think I make this resolution, 
         E (022100@1)                                       B"no (x2444x@1)I'm never gonna sing another sad song for as long as I live"
          C#m (x13321@4)                                      Band (x2444x@1)the light coming through the windows is making everything glow
          C#m (x13321@4)                                Ebm (xx4342@1)and he took me by the shoulders and he said "son my hands are strong, but I 
  E*                                    B (x2444x@1) E (022100@1)         B (x2444x@1) E (022100@1)          Bhope (x2444x@1)you have the strength to shake us free, shake us free, shake us free,
   E (022100@1)           B (x2444x@1)shake us free my son."
E (022100@1)                BI (x2444x@1)made a resolution
I made a resolution
I made a resolution
I made a resolution


Mel.