Verse :
GI (320003@1)am not my family tree
CThese (x32010@1)are different leaves, you know
EmThere (022000@1)are miles and miles between
DMy (xx0232@1)roots and what I'm tryin' to grow
GI (320003@1)am not the slave they sold
CNor (x32010@1)am I royalty
Em (022000@1)               Dworn (xx0232@1)them both The finest coat,
              GAnd (320003@1)rags that barely covered me

Chorus: 
            EmBut (022000@1)there's mercy in the soil
CMercy (x32010@1)in the sun
GLearnin' (320003@1)to forgive 
     DWhat (xx0232@1)cannot be undone
Em (022000@1)What was meant to harm
      CCan't (x32010@1)harm you in the end
        GStepped (320003@1)out on a limb I thought my break
    DBut (xx0232@1)love said,
             EmIt (022000@1)will only bend
             CIt (x32010@1)will only bend

Verse 
GI (320003@1)am not my past mistakes
CLabeled (x32010@1)by some place in time
EmNor (022000@1)am I a trophy case
DTryin' (xx0232@1)to maintain my shine
GI (320003@1)have dreamed a thousand dreams
CWatch (x32010@1)a grain in famine grow
EmI (022000@1)am not my family tree
                 D (xx0232@1) 
I have branches of my own

Bridge: 
G (320003@1)                    DOh, (xx0232@1)Does fate resign us too?
                     Em (022000@1)          
Find shelter for our wounds
                     CBeneath (x32010@1)the battered roof of broken dreams
G (320003@1)                      DOh, (xx0232@1)But I will choose to stand 
                      EmIn (022000@1)the shadow of Your hand
                         C (x32010@1)                    
And see what grows when grace has sown the seed

(Slow Down Strum ) Em

C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DOh, (xx0232@1)oh, oh
                    EmThese (022000@1)are different leaves, you know
  C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DOh, (xx0232@1)oh, oh