G C Eb D
G C Eb D

[Chorus]
G          C   Em
Understand one thing
Am          Bm  D
If and when you drink
G              C Em
from this vast ocean
Am           Bm   D
You can't control it
G   C      Am           Bm   D
Na, na, na you can't control it

[Verse]
G                        C
  Mom forget to tuck you in
Eb                 D
  Make you start a war within your head
G                           Em
  One that you could never win
Eb                         D
  Send in the troops, send insecurities
G                             Em
  What does it matter in the end
Eb                           D
  So daddy told you hold your chin up, son and

[Chorus]
G          C   Em
Understand one thing
Am          Bm  D
If and when you drink
G              C Em
from this vast ocean
Am           Bm   D
You can't control it
G   C      Am           Bm   D
Na, na, na you can't control it

[Instrumental]
C D C Am
C D C Am
C D C Am

[Verse]
G                          C
  With the procession underway
Eb                D
  Understand the magnitude of the melodies that they make
G                             Em
  Did it fill your lungs with rage?
Eb                          D
  What's the matter, did catastrophe get your tongue tied in the fray?
G                        Em
  When the band began to play
Eb                        D
  Daddy wiped the tears away, he said son, please

[Chorus]
G          C   Em
Understand one thing
Am          Bm  D
If and when you drink
G              C Em
from this vast ocean
Am           Bm   D
You can't control it
G   C      Am           Bm   D
Na, na, na you can't control it
G   C      Am           Bm   D
Na, na, na you can't control it
G   C      Am           Bm   D
Na, na, na you can't control it