Key: C
Introduction:
C
How can we make amends when we said all we said?
F C
I call and you don't pick up
C
How can I say instead that I hope it's for the best?
F C
I won't, and I won't give up
C
I'm sorry, Mother
F
I know I let you down
C
I'm sorry for how
F
I up and left this town
C
How can we push aside all the bad and make it right
F C
Now you got me all choked up
Am
I'm sorry, brother
F
I know I let you down
Am
I'm sorry for how
F
I up and left this town
C G F Am
Please just listen cause I don't ask for much
G
I am my own man
F C
I make my own luck
C
How can we both pick sides when we know nothing's right?
F C
Open up the door that's shut
C
How can I have my pride and drink away my soul tonight?
F C
Sorrow's filling up my cup
Am
I'm sorry, Father
F
I know I let you down
Am
I'm sorry for how
F
I up and left this town
C G F Am
Please just listen cause I don't ask for much
G
I am my own man
F
I make my own luck
C
Well some birds aren't meant to be caged
Am
And I just can't see the light of day
C
Please forgive me
C
I can't remember
C
Please forgive me
C
no one is calling
Am
Please forgive me
C
I can't believe it
F
No...
C
Gonna pick myself up, so I don't let this ever grow
F
Even if I mess up, I won't let this ever go
Am
It's hard to stay
F
It's hard to stay
C
Cause some birds aren't meant to be caged
C
How can I set us free?
C
I'm what you taught me to be
F C
Shouldn't that be enough?
C
It's time that we make amends
C
Let's forget the things we said
F C
You know we were all just talk
Am
I'm sorry, Mother
F
I know I let you down
Am
I'm sorry, Father
F
I didn't stick around
C G F G
Please just listen cause I don't ask for much
F
I am my own man
C
I make my own luck
C * G * F * Am *
C
And some birds are meant to be caged
Am
And some just won't see the light of day
C
Please forgive me
C
I can't remember
C
Please forgive me
C
No one is coming
Am
Please forgive me
C
I can't believe it
F
No...
C
Gonna pick myself up, so I don't let this ever grow
F
Even if I mess up, I won't let this ever go
Am
It's hard to stay
F
It's hard to stay
C
Cause some birds aren't meant to be caged
C G F G
Please just listen cause I don't ask for much
F
I am my own man
C
I make my own luck
C G F Am
Please just listen cause I don't ask for much
F
I am my own man
C
I make my own luck