G                                 Em7
My dad has been of working every hour of the night
      Cadd9                  G
Just to put the shoes on my feet
      G                      Em7
How does he get up with a coffee and a smile
       Cadd9                  G
every single day of the week?
      Em7                     G
Something has changed in the way that he talks
       Cadd9                  G
The lines on his face weren't there before
 Em7               G
but we're growing old,
 Cadd9            D
We're growing older


[Chorus]
 G                      Em7
Put me back on you're shoulders
 Cadd9                   G
And take me somewhere
 G                      Em7
Put your arms around my ankles
 Cadd9                  D
And lift me up in the air
 Em7                    G
And when life is complicated
 Cadd9                  G
It's so dark out there
  G                   Em7
Put me back on you're shoulders
 Cadd9                  D
Back, on your shoulders, again

 G


[Verse 2]
 G                              Em7
See, I've been finding things tough in the last few days
      Cadd9                  G
But I guess you'll never know
 G                         Em7
Trying to be a man, trying to do the right things
 Cadd9                       G
Trying to make it on my own
 Em7                              G
The streets are pretty big and I still get lost
  Cadd9                           G
I wanna see your face when the lights go off,
 Em7            G
ohh
 Cadd9          D
I am far from home


[Chorus]
 G                      Em7
Put me back on you're shoulders
 Cadd9                   G
And take me somewhere
 G                      Em7
Put your arms around my ankles
 Cadd9                  D
And lift me up in the air
 Em7                    G
And when life is complicated
 Cadd9                  G
It's so dark out there
  G                   Em7
Put me back on you're shoulders
 Cadd9                  D
Back, on your shoulders, again

 
[Instrumental]
G Em7 Cadd9 G
G Em7 Cadd9 D


[Verse 3]
 G               
One day you'll never know
         Em7
I have a boy of my own
           Cadd9                G
And I'll try to make a little time
  G                      Em7
Take him to a park and watch him growing up
 Cadd9                    G
And hold him if he ever cries

 G


[Outro]
  G                 Em7
Put him back on my shoulders
  Cadd9              G
And take him somewhere
  G                  Em7
Put my arms around his ankles
  Cadd9              D
And lift him up in the air
 Em7                 G
And when life is complicated
 Cadd9               G
It's so dark out there
 G                       Em7
I'll put him back, on my shoulders
 Cadd9               G
Back, on my shoulders again