Tonart: C# minor
Verse 1
Am
F
Dm
Bb
C
Csus4
F
C
Oh,
F
C
this son of mine I love so well, and oh the toll it takes
Am
F
I would build a bridge of dreams for him
Bb
C
and patch it where it breaks
Em
F
But the one thing he must treasure
G
Am
is to make his own mistakes
F
G
Oh...
C
He is bound for lands I've traveled,
I remember them so clear
Am
I could tell him what to watch for,
F
Bb
C
I could warn him what to fear
Em
F
I could shout until I'm breathless
G
Am
and he'd still refuse to hear
G
Oh...
Verse 2
Dm
F
G
But you cannot close the acorn
Em
Am
once the oak begins to grow
Em
A
And you cannot close your heart to what
Dm
F
G
it feels and needs to know
F
G
That the hardest part of love
Am
F
Dm
Bb
Is the letting go
Verse 3
C
Bb
C
As a child I found a sparrow that
had fallen from its nest
Am
And I nursed it back to health till
F
Bb
C
it was stronger than the rest
Em
F
But when I tried to hold it, then
G
Am
it pecked and scratched my chest
Verse 4
C
Csus4
And I watched it fly away from me
F
C
with its bright and selfish song
Am
And a part of me was cursing
F
Bb
C
I had helped it go so strong
Em
F
And I feared it might go hungry,
Am
G
Am
and I feared it might go wrong
G
Oh...
Verse 5
Dm
F
G
But you cannot close the acorn once
Em
Am
the oak begins to grow
Em
A
And you cannot close your heart to
Dm
F
G
what it feels and needs to know
Em
F
G
That the hardest part of love
Am
G
F
Dm
Is the letting go
Bb
C
Csus4
Verse 6
F
Csus4
C
And it's only in Eden grows
a rose without a thorn
And your children start to leave you
F
Dm
C
on the day that they are born
G
Em
F
They will leave you there to cheer for
G
F
them, they will leave you there to mourn
Dm
G
Ever so...
Verse 7
C
Csus4
Like an ark on uncharted seas
C
their lives will be tossed
Am
F
And the deeper is your love for them,
Bb
C
the crueler is the cost
Em
And just when they start
F
Am
to find themselves
G
Am
Is when you fear they're lost
G
Oh...
F
But you cannot close the
Verse 8
Em
Am
the oak begins to grow
Em
A
And you cannot close your heart to what
Dm
F
G
it fears and needs to know
Em
F
G
That the hardest part of love
Em
F
G
And the rarest part of love
Am
F
C
And the truest part of
G
Am
G
F
Dm
love
Bb
Gm
C
Csus4
Am
Is letting go
Csus4
Bb
C
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