Capo 2 [intro] G C G C [x4] G F C C C G F Am G G C G C [x2] C G When you were born you were not alone F Nothing was carved into the stone quite yet, but don't forget C G C You heard someone say it won't get better than this C G That was the sound of your father G F As he held you up to your mother F No one will ever know, C G C a love a pure as the one that you felt right then C G Dm They held you up, they held you up C G And everybody else they fell to the wayside C This is the start the beginning G The prologue to the tale that you're spinning Dm C G A million synonyms will never come close to describe the feeling F F F C C C G G G Don't ever leave, cause if you do dear Am F I guarantee that you'll regret the day you did C and you'll miss all the simple things G And you'll see everything you've ever loved Am start fading till there's nothing left oh [Chorus] Am C G F Am And I believe that every broken bone is meant to be Am C G And when it heals it will be stronger than it was before Am C G F Am And I see, the things that I pretend that I don't see Am C G And I keep them in my head love If only for memories [break] G C G C [x4] C G So now you're young and you feel alone F Despite friends family and all the good things now surrounding you C G C You can't help thinking that there's gotta be some more to do C G When all the things that you cherish G F Turn into burdens and there is F No other path to take, C G C you know what you've got to do but you don't know how C G Dm They hold you back they hold you down C G And you're gonna feel bad but you know that you've gotta get out C This is your pain your dilemma G Do you stay in the town where they raised ya Dm C G Or will you sail away, pull the anchor and go headed for the come-what-may? F F F C C C G G G You have to leave, cause if you don't dear Am F you'll never see the things you read about in books C you saw the films and you were hooked G but everything you want won't come to you Am you realize now that you've gotta go see this through [Chorus] Am C G F Am And I believe that every broken bone is meant to be Am C G And when it heals it will be stronger than it was before Am C G F Am And I see, the things that I pretend that I don't see Am C G And I keep them in my head love If only for memories [Instrumental Bit] G C G C [x4] F C E Am [x3] F C E -------> C G So now you're old raising your own F Two souls to make yourself a home, you finally settled down C G C you've seen the world but your heart never left this town C G They have the eyes of their mother G F The kind of crooked teeth of their father F No one will ever know C G C A love as pure as the one that you feel for them C G Dm You'll hold them up you'll hold them up C G And everybody else will fall to the wayside C There is no end no beginning G On this merry-go-round we call living Dm C G Some day you will return, every single ounce of the love you were given F F F C C C G G G Someday they'll go, and when they leave home Am F you will be grateful for the lesson that you learned C you had to travel half the world G to realize what you knew all along Am that everything will end up where it belongs [Chorus] Am C G F Am And I believe that every broken bone is meant to be Am C G And when it heals it will be stronger than it was before Am C G F Am And I see, the things that I pretend that I don't see Am C G And I keep them in my head love If only for memories [outro] G C G C [x4] G F C C C G F Am G G! G!! G!!!!! C