Pass It Along

D  G   A  D  G   D

[Verse]

D
This guitar came from a timber, from
 the body of a tree
            G
Through the workshop of a luthier, 
now it's on loan to me
               A                   
And it's good company after dinner,
              D
 and it fits my hands just fine
          G
But some day another singer with a 
pair of hands like mine
D
Will coax out songs much prettier 
still hiding in its strings
G
And sing stronger, braver words than
 I could ever sing
      A                            
And folks are gonna love it, of 
   D
this I'm almost sure
     G
So I'll take good care of it, cause 
I'm borrowing it from her


[Chorus]
D                       G
Pass it along, pass it along
D                                 
May it land in careful hands when 
       A
we're gone
D
You carry it for a moment
G                                 
But time won't loan it to you for 
Bm
long
       A          G
You don't own it, pass it along

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[Verse]
D
This here is my country, sometimes 
it's hard to recognize it
            G
But I count myself lucky, to have 
been born inside it
         A
And I'm grateful for the rights 
others struggled hard to win
          G
And you can be sure I'm gonna fight 
when they try to take 'em back again
D
Oh, and everywhere are teachers, 
though some fell along the way
G
The words they said still reach us, 
just like you're teaching me here 
today
      A                            
And you may not speak it loud, but 
   D
it's clear in what you do
     G
And I hope to make you proud, 
because I borrowed it from you

[Chorus]
D                       G
Pass it along, pass it along
D                                 
May it land in careful hands when 
       A
we're gone
D
You carry it for a moment
G                                 
But time won't loan it to you for 
Bm
long
       A                  G
You don't own it, pass it along

[Verse]
D
Seems these days we're in a hurry, 
to grab up all that's left to use
        G
Putting patents on discovery, making
 seeds that don't reproduce
               A                   
If our vision is so narrow, seeing 
              D
only bought and sold
          G
We'll end up like the pharaohs, 
buried with their gold
D
We've all pushed this thing along, 
we've all been guided by our fear
G
But the river sings a song we've 
gotta be quieter to hear
      A
It's in every child's face, new and 
hopeful as a stem
     G
Best be gentle with this place, 
cause we're borrowing it from them


[Otro]
D                       G
Pass it along, pass it along
D                                 
May it land in careful hands when 
       A
we're gone
D
You carry it for a moment
G                                 
But time won't loan it to you for 
Bm
long
       A                  G
You don't own it, pass it along