Verse :
CI (x32010@1)am not my family tree
FThese (133211@1)are different leaves, you know
AmThere (x02210@1)are miles and miles between
GMy (320003@1)roots and what I'm tryin' to grow
CI (x32010@1)am not the slave they sold
FNor (133211@1)am I royalty
Am (x02210@1)               Gworn (320003@1)them both The finest coat,
              CAnd (x32010@1)rags that barely covered me

Chorus: 
            AmBut (x02210@1)there's mercy in the soil
FMercy (133211@1)in the sun
CLearnin' (x32010@1)to forgive 
     GWhat (320003@1)cannot be undone
Am (x02210@1)What was meant to harm
      FCan't (133211@1)harm you in the end
        CStepped (x32010@1)out on a limb I thought my break
    GBut (320003@1)love said,
             Am (x02210@1)  FIt (133211@1)will only bend
             C (x32010@1)   GIt (320003@1)will only bend

Verse 
CI (x32010@1)am not my past mistakes
FLabeled (133211@1)by some place in time
AmNor (x02210@1)am I a trophy case
GTryin' (320003@1)to maintain my shine
CI (x32010@1)have dreamed a thousand dreams
FWatch (133211@1)a grain in famine grow
AmI (x02210@1)am not my family tree
                 G (320003@1) 
I have branches of my own

Bridge: 
C (x32010@1)                    GOh, (320003@1)Does fate resign us too?
                     Am (x02210@1)          
Find shelter for our wounds
                     FBeneath (133211@1)the battered roof of broken dreams
C (x32010@1)                      GOh, (320003@1)But I will choose to stand 
                      AmIn (x02210@1)the shadow of Your hand
                         F (133211@1)                    
And see what grows when grace has sown the seed

(Slow Down Strum ) Am

F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) GOh, (320003@1)oh, oh
                    AmThese (x02210@1)are different leaves, you know
  F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) GOh, (320003@1)oh, oh