Nineteen

[Intro] Bb  Dm  F  Bb

          Bb         Dm   F
There's a fire in my heart
             Bb          Dm   C
But I've got blood in my mouth
       Bb
Tongue caged by my teeth
       Dm            F
Trying hard just to speak
         Bb
But your shout has got me beat
        Bb          Bb
And I'm rusting I'm rusting

( Dm  F  Bb  Dm  C )
( Bb  Dm  Gm  Bb  Gm  C )

       Bb
And my mother always told me
      Dm             Gm
Tread lightly don't step
On his toes And that was
Bb
Okay at a young age
         Dm         Gm
But I am fully grown

         Bb
Suit and tie at the table
Dm             C
  Another disappointment
          Bb
I'll stay quiet
Still unstable
Dm                 Gm
  I'll swallow the poison

           Bb
Cause I am not who
                Dm  Gm
You were at nineteen
     Bb
I am not the man
               Gm C
You want me to be
Continues after the ad
Remove ads
Bb
I'm not a warrior
     Dm           Gm
I am fragile I am weak
Bb
I'm not a warrior
Gm       C
I am not you I'm
       Bb  Dm  F  Bb
Barely me

Bb
Someday I hope to make it clear
   Dm                  F
To you that success is not
                            Bb
Determined by leather bound books
                     Dm
And ink on paper but rather
The passion that I have
F            Bb
Found out of heartbreak and
                  Dm
Anger I know that happiness
      F         Bb
Is stability but  stability
Is not a desk job and

   Bb           Dm
I refuse to sacrifice my
    F              Bb
Aspirations for an income and
        Dm         F
Security  What the hell is security?

( Dm  C  Bb  Am  Gm  Am )

              Dm          C
See I'd rather  die at my fullest
Bb               Am
Poor but free to roam than let an
Gm                    Am
Office drain me slowly  for the sake
     Dm  C
Of a home Cause I watched your
Bb           Am     Gm
Endless intermission  an actor
               Am          Dm
Trapped in mediocrity Gave up
          C
On your ambitions and your
   Bb                   Am
Convictions compared to mine
Gm                    Am
  What a rigid dichotomy

           Bb
Cause I am not who
                Dm  Gm
You were at nineteen
     Bb
I am not the man
               Gm C
You want me to be
Bb
I'm not a warrior
     Dm           Gm
I am fragile I am weak
Bb
I'm not a warrior
Gm       C
I am not you

           Bb
Cause I am not who
You were at nineteen
     Dm
I am not the man
               C
You want me to be
     Bb
I am not
     Gm
I am not
     C
I am not my
         Bb
Father's son