Tonart: G minor
Verse 1
Em
Asus2
Em
My parents were immigrants,
Asus2
new to these shores, when they were just barely eighteen.
Em
They struggled and sacrificed, pounded on doors,
Asus2
Em
to carve out the life they'd foreseen.
Am
They fashioned that life out
Asus2
of hope and thin air,
Bm
F#dim
A life for the daughter
B
they someday would share.
E
Em
G
I am that daughter eternally grateful
Asus2
B
For all that they gave up
Em
Asus2
Em
for me.
F#m
F#
F#m
I belong to a long line of men,
B
F#m
all electricians by trade.
F#
F#m
My grandfather first, my father then,
B
F#m
so proud of the business they made.
F#
Bm
B
A mantle is claimed, a torch will be passed,
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E
G#dim
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making our family legacy last.
F#
Asus2
So here I stand with my fu ture ordained,
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F#
and a life that is planned out for me.
C
D
C
Em
E
Oh, great expectations,
C
D
C
B
Bm
Oh, great expectations of
Em
Asus2
E
Em
me
Asus2
E
F#
Through all of their hardships
F#m
and every lean year,
B
My parents could see their reward.
F#
F#m
I have a road that's laid
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F#m
Their daughter's degree and
their daughter's career,
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F#
everything that can afford.
struggle I see.
Bm
The trouble for me is
the life that they fought.
E
G#dim
C#
Is light years away from the life that I want.
F#
Asus2
So I plant a flag, because I need a
B
F#
piece of the world I can claim for myself.
C
D
C
Em
E
Em
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
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Em
D
C
D
C
B
oh,
Bm
E
Great expectations of me!
D
I'm my own person with hopes and desires
G
A fu ture that I engineer
D
I have a passion that yearns and aspires
G
Em
A vision so focused and clear
A
I know my path may be humble
C#dim
with bruises and aches
C
And doubtless I'll stumble and
make my mistakes
Am
But it's time I made choices
It's time that I screamed
B
Don't want the dream I was given
Bm
I want the dream that I
D
C
D
C
dreamed
Em
E
D
Great expectations, great expectations
C
D
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
C
Em
E
Em
D
Great expectations, great expectations
C
D
C
B
for
GREAT
EXPECTATIONS
OF
GREAT
GREAT
EXPECTATIONS
Asus2
OF
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B
E
Em
A
Asus2
ME
you
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