Intro: C

C                                      
How can we make amends when we said all we said?
F                         C
I call and you don't pick up
C
How can I say instead that I hope it's for the best?
F                         C
I won't, and I won't give up


              C
I'm sorry, Mother
             F
I know I let you down
              C                        
I'm sorry for how 
             F
I up and left this town


C
How can we push aside all the bad and make it right
F                         C
Now you got me all choked up


               Am 
I'm sorry, brother
         F
I know I let you down
              Am
I'm sorry for how 
          F
I up and left this town
C           G            F               Am
Please just listen cause I don't ask for much
            G
I am my own man
  F           C
I make my own luck

Interlude: C  F  C  C

C
How can we both pick sides when we know nothing's right?
F                        C
Open up the door that's shut
C
How can I have my pride and drink away my soul tonight?
F                      C
Sorrow's filling up my cup


              Am
I'm sorry, Father
         F
I know I let you down
              Am     
I'm sorry for how 
         F
I up and left this town
C           G            F               Am
Please just listen cause I don't ask for much
            G
I am my own man
  F                
I make my own luck

                                     C
Well some birds aren't meant to be caged
                                  Am
And I just can't see the light of day


C
Please forgive me
C
I can't remember
C
Please forgive me
C
no one is calling
Am
Please forgive me
C
I can't believe it
F
No...


C
Gonna pick myself up, so I don't let this ever grow
F
Even if I mess up, I won't let this ever go
Am
It's hard to stay
               F 
It's hard to stay
                                       C
Cause some birds aren't meant to be caged


C
How can I set us free?
C
I'm what you taught me to be
F                   C
Shouldn't that be enough?
C
It's time that we make amends
C
Let's forget the things we said
F                         C
You know we were all just talk


               Am
I'm sorry, Mother
             F
I know I let you down
              Am
I'm sorry, Father
           F
I didn't stick around
C           G            F                    G
Please just listen cause I don't ask for much
            F
I am my own man
               C
I make my own luck
C           G            F               Am 
Please just listen cause I don't ask for much
                  F 
Just like my old man, 
                   
I make my own luck


                                 C
And some birds are meant to be caged
                                     Am
And some just won't see the light of day


C
Please forgive me
C
I can't remember
C
Please forgive me
C
No one is coming
Am
Please forgive me
C
I can't believe it
F
No...


C
Gonna pick myself up, so I don't let this ever grow
F
Even if I mess up, I won't let this ever go
Am
It's hard to stay
               F
It's hard to stay
                                      C
Cause some birds aren't meant to be caged


C           G            F               G
Please just listen cause I don't ask for much
             F
I am my own man
                C
I make my own luck
C           G            F               Am
Please just listen cause I don't ask for much
             F
I am my own man
                 C
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