Things The Grandchildren Should Know

C                G
I go to bed real early
F                 G
 Everybody thinks it's strange
C                 G
I get up early in the morning
F                           G
 No matter how disappointed I was with the day before
C                G               F              G
It feels new


C                       G
I don't leave the house much
F                         G
 I don't like being around people
C                    G
Makes me nervous and weird
F                            G
 I don't like going to shows either
C                          G
It's better for me to stay home
F                                G
 Some might think it means i hate people
C                    G            F               G
 But that's not quite right


C                 G
I do some stupid things
F                            G
 But my heart's in the right place
                C         G         F           G
And this i know


C
I got a dog
                 G
I take him for a walk
F                               G
 And all the people like to say hello
C                                       G
 I'm used to staring down at the sidewalk cracks
F                        G
 I'm learning how to say hello
                 C          G          F          G
Without too much trouble


C                           G
I'm turning out just like my father
F                       G
 Though i swore i never would
C                          G
Now i can say that i have love for him
F               G
 I never really understood
C                               G
What it must have been like for him
F                  G
 Living inside his head


C                        G
 I feel like he's here with me now

F         G
                 Even though he's dead

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C                                   G
It's not all good and it's not all bad
F                            G
 Don't believe everything you read
C                                 G
 I'm the only one who knows what it's like
F                          G
So i though i'd better tell you
        C
Before i leave


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C                         G
So in the end i'd like to say
F                        G
 That i'm a very thankful man
C                              G
I tried to make the most of my situations
F                G
 And enjoy what i had
C                          G
I knew true love and i knew passion
F                              G
 And the difference between the two
C
 And i had some regrets
G
But if i had to do it all again
F                   G
          Well, it's something i'd like to do