Key: G
Introduction: G G4 G G4
G G/F# Cm7/E
I'm a fool to be kind to you
Dm7 Am7
It's not what the men in your life tend to do
D7(4) Am7
Must be so strange finding someone
F
Who only accepts you
G G/F# Cm7/E
Rejection's a lesson you've had
Dm7 Am7
Your lost in the anger you feel for your dad
D7(4) Am7
But oh how he loves you there's no doubt
F
With all his high hopes for you
G D7(4) G
I could push you away I could say I don't want you no more
C G
I could drive you right into the floor
D7(4) C D7(4)
And tell you your useless get used to it lady
G D7(4) G
But I'm big in believing that baby your bigger than that
C G
It's respect for yourself that you lack
D7(4) C
And success it's a move that you choose
Am7 D7(4) G
With eve - ry step
G G/F# Cm7/E
I want to grow old with you
Dm7 Am7
To hold your old hand and look back on our youth
D7(4) Am7
I will be strong at times I might not
F
I'm only human
G D7(4) G
I could push you away I could say I don't want you no more
C G
I could drive you right into the floor
D7(4) C D7(4)
And tell you your useless get used to it lady
G D7(4) G
But I'm big in believing that baby your bigger than that
C G
It's respect for yourself that you lack
D7(4) C
And success it's a move that you choose
Am7 D7(4) G
With eve - ry step
G
So be free like a bumble bee
G/F#
Spread wings like a bird
Cm7/E Dm7
Squawk like a peacock and let your voice be heard
Am7 D7(4) Am7
It's okay, I have no lock, key or a cage
F
You've got to want to stay
G D7(4) G
I won't push you away I Won't say I don't want you no more
C G
I won't drive you right into the floor
D7(4) C D7(4)
But I'll tell you your beautiful, get on with it lady
G D7(4) G
Cause I'm big in believing that baby your bigger than that
C G
It's respect for yourself that you lack
D7(4) C
And success it's a move that you choose
Am7 D7(4) G
With eve - ry step
Am7 D7(4) G
So take a step
Am7 D7(4) G
It's just step by step