Heirloom

C

[Verse 1]
G/B          Am         F       
You try your hardest to leave 
        C
the past alone.
G/B          Am         F       
This crooked posture is all 
        C
you've ever known.
G/B       Am             F       
It is the consequence of living in 
  C
between
G/B           Am             F  
The weight of family and the 
          C
pull of gravity.

[Chorus]
Am              G           
You are so much more than your 
            F
father's son.
Am              G                
You are so much more than what 
   F
I've become.

C

[Verse 2]
G/B    Am            F          
Long before you were born there 
    C
was light
G/B    Am                
Hidden deep in these young, 
   F          C
unfamiliar eyes.
G/B       Am              F     
A million choices, though little
          C
 on their own,
G/B        Am              F    
Become the heirloom of the 
            C
heaviness you've known.

[Chorus]
Am              G           
You are so much more than your 
            F
father's son.
Continues after the ad
Am              G                
You are so much more than what 
    F
I've become,
Am   G     F
What I've become,
Am   G     F
What I've become.

[Bridge]
Am

Am            G/B
You pressed rewind
                   C
For the thousandth time
                   F
When the tapes wore through.
Am          G/B
So you memorized
                 C
Those unscripted lines,
                          F
Desperate for some kind of clue:
Am             G/B
When the scale tipped,
               C
When you inherited
                             F
A fight that you were born to lose.
Am            G/B
It's not your fault,
                  C
No, it's not your fault,
                         F
I put this heavy heart in you.
C/E                      F
I put this heavy heart in you.

C

[Verse 3]
G/B    Am        F               
You remind me of who I could have 
 C
been,
G/B        Am           F       
Had I been stronger and braver 
        C
way back then.
G/B       Am              F     
A million choices, though little
          C
 on their own,
G/B       Am              F     
Became the heirloom of the 
           C
heaviness we've known.

[Chorus]
Am              G           
You are so much more than your 
            F
father's son.
Am              G                
You are so much more than the 
        F
wars you've won.
Am              G           
You are so much more than your 
           F
father's son.
Am              G                
You are so much more than what 
    F
I've become.
(Repeat the run)
Am   G     F
What I've become
Am   G     F
What I've become

C
(Fade out)