EWell (022100@1)I bit on my lip, and I kicked at my toes
ENo, (022100@1)I don't need your lecture cause your lecture won't show
           D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)       EThat (022100@1)you told me so I told you so
EBut (022100@1)I would have managed, I would have been fine
EI'd (022100@1)do it myself and I'd do it just my way,
    D (xx0232@1)           A (x02220@1)            EI'm (022100@1)a big man for thinking just so.

A (x02220@1)                                      EBut (022100@1)somebody told me that your mother was born
A (x02220@1)                                    EOh (022100@1)a wandering woman with a spirit so sworn of the riverside
A (x02220@1)                                B (x2444x@1)        E (022100@1)                   AAnd (x02220@1)it never surprised me but it meant that my love was immobilized
         B (x2444x@1)             E (022100@1)           AWell, (x02220@1)it meant that my love was immobilized 
           D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)                   ECause (022100@1)when it comes, it comes when it does.

EBut (022100@1)you came in the middle and you fell in my hands
EOh (022100@1)a, wonderful woman and an average man.
       D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)           ESee (022100@1)that makes me the lucky man
EI (022100@1)won't be deserving, but I won't be denied
ESee, (022100@1)I fell in this position, I will still teach my kids pride
       D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)        EBecause (022100@1)failure's a part of it all
         D (xx0232@1)                     A (x02220@1)                  E (022100@1)And if failure don't hurt then failure don't work at all

A (x02220@1)                                             EBut (022100@1)somebody told me, our nephew was born
A (x02220@1)                                   EOh, (022100@1)a beautiful baby, so smart and so sure of his little self
A (x02220@1)                            B (x2444x@1)          E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)                            
And in a wonderful way he was making me feel so small
    B (x2444x@1)     E (022100@1)        A (x02220@1)                 
Was making me feel so small,
    B (x2444x@1)      E (022100@1)          AWas (x02220@1)making me feel so small.
     D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)         EAnd (022100@1)I don't think I've felt this before.

A (x02220@1)                 E (022100@1)                 A (x02220@1)  
In all the reasons to come, well they override my body and,
             E (022100@1)                      A (x02220@1)                               EI (022100@1)point to the sun, cause where it's warm is where the wilderness grows
                                A (x02220@1)                   
And it grows, and it grows 'till it all becomes nothing 
       A (x02220@1)             EAnd (022100@1)nothing is left as you know.

A (x02220@1)                                  E(We (022100@1)walked it for a thousand years, with broken eyes and salted ears
     A (x02220@1)                                         EComplaining (022100@1)'bout the weather like we ever had a choice.
          A (x02220@1)                                  E (022100@1)Through all the noise and self abuse, you waited for your fill of truth
      A (x02220@1)                                       E (022100@1)Oh I'm terrified I'll achieve nothing at all.)