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
