Intro:
(nc)
Mom, can I hear the lullaby?
(nc)    Ab Db Ab Db
Please?

Verse 1:
            Ab
And there I was, tangled up in marigold
        Fm                                 Ab
We were listenin' to the reverent children singin'
       Fm
(Sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing) Hm, yeah
        Ab
Hummin' low as the garden river flows
      Fm                                Ab
While the August light becomes a golden evenin'
Fm
(Evenin') Yeah

Chorus:
                    Ab                               Dbmaj7
And I will lead you down that road if you lose your way
                   Ab      Fm
Born to be a protector, mm-hmm
     Ebm                                      Db
Even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own
                     Ab
I will be your projector, mm, mm-hmm

Verse 2:
Ab
An apricot picked right off a given tree
  Fm
I gave watеr to the soil
           Ab              Fm
And now it feeds me, yeah, yеah (Yeah)
              Ab
And there you are, shaded underneath it all
       Fm
I feel proud of who I am
            Ab   Bbm Fm
Because you need me, yeah (Yeah)

Chorus:
                    Ab                    Bbm       Fm
And I will lead you down that road if you lose your way (Uh)
                Ab             Fm
Born to be a protector (—tor), mm
     Ebm                                      Db
Even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own
                  Ab
I will be your projector, hm-mm
         Ebm                                      Db
And even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own
                     Ab                        Fm
I will be your projector, projector, projector

Bridge:
  Ab                                    Fm
I first saw your face in your father's gaze
          Ab                                Fm
There's a long line of hands carryin' your name, mm
Ab                             Fm
Liftin' you up, so you will be raised

Chorus:
            Ebm                               Db
Even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own
                     Ab
I will be your projector, hey-yeah
         Ebm                                      Db
And even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own
                     Ab
I will be your protector, born to be a protector

Outro: Db Ab Fm  Ab
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