Key: C
Introduction: C
C
You turn yourself into a hero
F C
And then you turn yourself into a story
F
That's just how it works
C
Then you give it to your friends and family
F C
Then they pass it down to their children
F G C
And that's just where you end
Dm Am
But there's just one way
Em G F G F
To know the ones who knew
Dm Am
But there's just one way
Em F Am
To know, to know
Am E C
I won't wait for your shadow to come
F C
Just to take me away
Am F C
To the ground where you came from
Am E C
I won't wait for your shadow to come
F C
Just to take me away
F C
To the ground where you came from
C
You brought yourself into sentence
F C
Then you mail it down to Chicago
C F
For your baby to read
C
Well I did my best to read it slowly
F C
Then I read it once more for meaning
F G C
And then I threw you away
Dm Am
But there's just one way
Em G F G F
To know the ones who knew
Dm Am
But there's just one way
Em F Am
To know, to know
Am E C
I won't wait for your shadow to come
F C
Just to take me away
F C
To the ground where you came from
Am E C
I won't wait for your shadow to come
Am C
Just to take me away
Am C
To the ground where you came from
F C
Just to take me away
Am C
To the ground where you came from