intro: A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 You were seventeen the year your father died A5 G5 D5 And he was fifty-three when you were seventeen A5 G5 D5 In the museum where you laid your head to sleep A5 G5 D5 The artifacts were cold to comfort you A5 G5 D5 When you heard them fighting you hid in the apple tree A5 G5 D5 The branches broke their noise A5 G5 D5 And when your brother studied at the university A5 G5 D5 You were left alone to realize D5 That while you were growing older E5 He was busy growing older A5 G5 D5 too, bah dah dum , da dah dah dah dum A5 G5 D5 too, bah dah dum , da dah dah dah dum A5 G5 D5 In the summer when your father drove you to the river A5 G5 D5 And he would sing so loud A5 G5 D5 Soon to be kept silent when you climbed through barbed-wired fences A5 G5 D5 To get to the riverside D5 And while you were growing older E5 He was busy growing older A5 G5 D5 too, bah dah dum , da dah dah dah dum A5 G5 D5 too, bah dah dum , da dah dah dah dum A5 G5 D5 And in February you were running late one day A5 G5 D5 And out the door you ran A5 G5 D5 Leaving left unsaid the things you?d soon regret not telling A5 G5 D5 Never knowing this would be your last chance D5 And while you were growing older E5 He was busy growing older A5 D5 G5 D5 G5 And was it fair to blame the gi- A5 D5 G5 D5 G5 rl, And was it fair to make the child A5 D5 G5 D5 G5 choose, And when you stood next to the moun-ta- A5 D5 G5 D5 G5 in, Did you swear that you could hear him calling you? A5 G5 D5 bah dah dum , da dah dah dah dum A5 G5 D5 bah dah dum , da dah dah dah dum A5 G5 D5 I am twenty-two and you are fifty-three A5 G5 D5 And only blood can tell A5 G5 D5 That we are made up of strings and strands of DNA A5 G5 D5 Dancing waltzes in our cells D5 and while you are growing older E5 i am busy growing older A5 G5 D5 too, bah dah dum , da dah dah dah dum A5 G5 D5 too, bah dah dum , da dah dah dah dum
