Intro
C G Am Am G C C Bb F F Am C x2
Verse
C G Am Am G C
I remember your birthday
C Bb F F Am C
your first breath out of the womb
C G Am Am G C
we were all crying, you were screaming
C Bb F F Am C
it was the most beautiful tune
C G Am Am G C
God needed mother in heaven
C Bb F F Am C
suddenly it was just you and I
C G Am Am G C
I felt so shattered and useless
C Bb F F Am C
if not for you, I'd have surely died
C G Am Am G C
Yeah it's a mountain when life changes forever
C Bb F F Am C
your mom's love was such I felt erased
C G Am Am G C
but someone had to feed and love you
C Bb F F Am C
though overwhelmed I did it face to face
Chorus
C G Am Am G C
Yeah we did it face to face
C Bb F F Am C
somehow we found enough
C G Am Am G C
that no matter what love, we'd have it always
C Bb F F Am C
from little on up
C G Am Am G C C Bb F F Am C
Verse
C G Am Am G C
You were reading and writing
C Bb F F Am C
before your first day of school
C G Am Am G C
you weren't afraid of the growing
C Bb F F Am C
and I felt so proud of you
C G Am Am G C
remember your first boyfriend
C Bb F F Am C
knew no man could ever be enough
C G Am Am G C
We talked the whole thing through
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C Bb F F Am C
we stayed close from little on up
Chorus
C G Am Am G C
Yeah we did it face to face
C Bb F F Am C
somehow we found enough
C G Am Am G C
that no matter what love, we'd have it always
C Bb F F Am C
from little on up
C G Am Am G C C Bb F F Am C
Little on up
C G Am Am G C C Bb F F Am C x2
Verse
C G Am Am G C
Someday we'll be sittin' round in heaven
C Bb F F Am C
Mother will smile and say we did good
C G Am Am G C
through the good times, the bad times, and the last times
C Bb F F Am C
we loved each other hard as we could
Chorus
C G Am Am G C
Yeah we did it face to face
C Bb F F Am C
somehow we found enough
C G Am Am G C
that no matter what love, we'd have it always
C Bb F F Am C
from little on up
C G Am Am G C
that no matter what love, we'd have it always
C Bb F F Am C
from little on up Little on up
C G Am Am G C C Bb F F Am C x2
To spice things up, Nils plays this little riff instead of the C in the beginning
of some Chord sequences:
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B|----5h6-5---|
G|----5---5---|
D|----5h7-5---|
A|------------|
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