E5 Mother, Father: I'm standing E5 Standing and I'm not about to fall E5 When I can speak I'll tell you not to worry E5 Or be sorry for anything, 'cause no one understands this world at all E Em [Instrumental] Em Asus2 D9/A Bm7 Gsus4 G Em [Verse 1] E5 Gsus4 Bm7 My father swept me over his shoulders Gsus4 G E5 Above the empty cars to see the fair E5 G Bbdim A slowly spinning wheel of smiling neighbors, E7 Asus2 Gsus4 and flowers from my mo - ther Bm7 Asus2 D9/A Who sang to me that night of love and death, Asus2 Gsus4 Em7 'cause everybody sings of love and death. Em [Verse 2] Em We dreamt our sons and daughters a high wire Em Connecting the four corners of the earth Em E Em The wire disappeared and left them standing on nothing; F Bbdim in thin air F Em7 Cmaj7 They're standing and they're not about to fall; F Em7 Em standing and they're not about to fall [Instrumental] Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em [Refrain] A C F Child you'll grow up A C F In wonder, like we'll grow old A C F F Like our parents did, and their parents before A C It was written on the faces in the waiting room F the day you were born [Instrumental] Vamp over F [Bass Solo] Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em E Em F Bbdim F Em7 [Fiddle Solo] Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em [Refrain] A C F Child you'll grow up A C F In wonder, like we'll grow old A C F Like our parents did, and their parents before A C It was written on the faces in the waiting room F the day they, we, and you were born F The day you were born