Key: A
Introduction:
Am
I have your hands
F
But I have my mother's eyes
Your tact and poise
C
And her sense of wrong and right
G
Heard you awake in the middle of the night
Am
Letting go of the things you keep inside
F
Worked your fingers to the bone
C
To be sent home with a cardboard box
G
Filled with everything you've known
G Am
All things come to be loved and lost
I'll keep a moment sealed in time inside a picture frame
F
A small reminder of the days I thought would never change
C G
They always say it's clear to see
How parts of you shine through in me
Am F
I think you know, you won't be here forever
C
And you're counting down the days
G
'Til you can rest your tired eyes and let it slip away
F G
The lessons learned at your side
Am
Will stay with me all my life
C
The man I hope to become, I know is deep down inside
F G Am
I know, you don't even need to say
C
I know you're proud in your own way
F G Am C
I know you're proud in your own way
F
And you watched me grow up
G
As I watched you grow older
Am C
The chip off your block, held me up on your shoulders
F G Am
I wish I told you yesterday