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.