DEAR SON
tabbed by Douglas Thompson (bananaco9@gmail.com)

  Chords Used:
E|--2--|--2--|--0--|--3--|--2--|--0--|
B|--3--|--3--|--2--|--3--|--2--|--1--|
G|--4--|--2--|--2--|--4--|--3--|--0--|
D|--4--|--0--|--2--|--5--|--4--|--2--|
A|--2--|-----|--0--|--5--|--4--|--3--|
E|-----|-----|-----|--3--|--2--|-----|
   Bm  |  D  |  A  |  G  | F#  |  C  |


     Bm         D
Dear son, don't do the things I've done
      A                    Bm
Don't turn into a man like me

  D                        A
I never want to leave you alone
        G                          F#
But I'm cursing myself to the bone
     Bm         D           A        Bm
Dear son, don't turn into a man like me


D                   C        
 Years ago when the days were young
    G                           D
She ran her fingers through the sky
C                            G               D
Braiding all the wind into a rainbow-colored lie

              D                          C
Shadows would fall when the spring would come
                  G                    D
Lightning strikes twice, splitting the tree
       C                       G
She'll cut you in two just the same
  F#                      Bm
I wish they would've told me


     Bm         D
Dear son, don't do the things I've done
      A                    Bm
Don't turn into a man like me
     Bm           D
Dear son, with my hand upon the gun
    A                       Bm
I'm gonna let this pain fly free

  D                        A
I never want to leave you alone
        G                          F#
But I'm cursing myself to the bone
     Bm         D           A        Bm
Dear son, don't turn into a man like me


D                           C
 The days are gone when the years were new
            G                           D
And she was swimming through my moonlit eyes
C                         G                    D
Killing every doubt about what it means to be alive

              D                       C
Shadows would fall and the rain would come
            G                 D
Burying the past like so many seeds
       C                              G
She'll put you in the ground just the same
  F#                        Bm
I wish they would've warned me


D    C    G    D
C    G    D
D    C    G    D
C    G    F#   Bm


     Bm     A              Bm
Dear son, before you walk away
          D               A     G               A
When your eyes were still grey, blinking in the light
          G             D      Bm           A       G
There's a sliver in the shine, damaged by design to be

G  A  Bm
Loved...
D  A  G
Loved...
G  A  Bm
Loved...
D  A  Bm
Loved...


      D                        A             G
[Dear son...                 before you walk away]
    I never want to leave you alone, but I'm cursing myself to the bone
      D                        A             G
[Dear son...                 before you walk away]
    I never want to leave you alone, but I'm cursing myself to the bone
      D                        A             G
[Dear son...                 before you walk away]
    I never want to leave you alone, but I'm cursing myself to the bone
      D                        A             G                           F#
[Dear son...                 before you walk away]
    I never want to leave you alone, but I'm cursing myself to the bone


     Bm         D           A        Bm
Dear son, don't turn into a man like me
D           A        Bm
Turn into a man like me
     Bm             C    Bm
Dear son, dear son, dear son