Chords

C                                  
Remember (what?) today that you are 
F
loved
                  C                
(They're still so small) Think back
                   F
 to days in hidden caves

(I gave them everything)
       C
They'd paint your eyes with sunsets
   (my saints, my sighs, my upsets)
         F
(And the days I couldn't cope)
        C          F
And the waves, oh, the waves

C                             
Remember (I forgot to pack them 
  F
lunches), they are safe
          C
(I need a drink or two)
             Think back
            F
To paddling pools and rainy days 
where they would
                                    
        (With)
C
Harmonize with echoes
(charcoal eyes, stilettos)
             F
(They're not ready) Nor are you
        C          F
But the waves, oh, the waves



[Bridge]
C     F   C  F
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh
                     C
I don't want them to go
      F
Oh-oh-oh
     C                          
Just tell them what your haggard 
       F
mother told you long ago


[Chorus: both]
          C                      
Pick your chords well, loves, but 
          F
sing your notes off key
    C                              
You can't rehearse the chorus, but 
    F
the verse is sweet
    C                            
And if your voice begins to crack 
         F
and you ever feel alone
           C
They might laugh because you're 
leaving
    F                              
But know we'll sing your name when 
        C
you come home


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[Verse 2]
C
Remember today            F
        I know they think I'm 
nightmare)
                C
Hey, we did our best (I guessed)
                   F
Come paddle by the shore
               (and pushed them, and
 pushed them all)
    C
You are your own magician
(and by my own admission)
        F
Let the ocean give to you
(had no notion what to do)
    C          F
Its waves, oh, the waves
(ah, bollocks to your waves)

C                        F
Remember (please), today you're 
enough
               (don't do this)      
  (my heart is breaking)
    C
You know they love you (but I 
raged!)
    F                              
You tried (so much), you did, but 
      C
so did they

We built our castles
(they are my rascals)
        F
Just to watch them wash away
(I can't let them walk away)
       C                         F
In the waves (hold my hand), oh, the
 waves


[Bridge]
C     F   C  F
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh
               C
I need them to stay
      F
Oh-oh-oh
         C                      
Just remember those wicked words 
      F
your mother used to say


[Chorus]
          C                      
Pick your chords well, loves, but 
           F
sing your notes off key
     C                             
Your dad will forget the words (and
 F
 uh, fucking bastard, what is it?)
    C                            
And if your voice begins to crack 
         F
and you ever feel alone
           C
They might laugh because you're 
leaving
    F                              
But know we'll sing your name when 
        C  F   C F
you come home, home


C F
Home
C F
Home


[Both]
C                               F
Walk into your waves, my loves, tell
 'em all your names
   C                              
Go tell 'em how we failed you and 
F
gift to us all your blame
            C                    
'Cause we'll be all that you hate 
           F
about yourself so you can grow
       C                           
'Cause life begins by leaving, and 
    F
our love is shown in the letting go

   C                       
Go walk into your dawn, you 
          F
snotrags! tell 'em that we never 
cared
   C                            
Go tell 'em how we fucked you up 
      F
and, oh my God, it's so unfair
   C                            
We were the winter nights so you 
       F
could be the morning snow
     C                             
Your life begins by leaving and our
 F
 love is shown
F                F
In the letting go

   C        F         C        F
Be good (be good), be safe (be safe)
   C        F
Be kind (be kind)
    C
And know we'll always love you
     F
Even though you're leaving us behind
      C         F         C       
And be good (be good), be safe (be 
 F
safe)
   C        F
Be kind (be kind)
    C
And know we'll always love you
     F                       C
Even though you're leaving us behind