Intro:
   C G Em
   C Em
   C Em
   C Em

Intro:
C
Awake, awake, you children bold

Take hold of all your books and fold

The corners, they warned us
Em
a storm is coming on

What do you mean you’ve lost

Your scarlet welly boots, do y’know what they cost?
C              Am       Em
Wear a raincoat  or it’ll soak you to the bone

Verse 1:
          C                 G
What's it like, the children ask?
                                  C
It’s just like falling snow, I am above you
                Em
And I love you, don’t you know

That I’ll be with you all along, as long as you are kind
             C                                    Em
To those who are not strong and cannot find their scarlet welly boots

Chorus:
              C
Cos when it’s cold
             Em
I’ll wrap my scarf around you
              C
And when it’s hard
                Em
I’ll place your head into my hands
             C
And when you scream that it’s not fair
               Em
It’s like I’ve gone off to the coast
           C
Left you behind just standing there
           Em
Pretending not to see your ghost
        C
If only you could hear my voice
             D                                C
But you are screaming far too loud to hear me   swear
       D                                            Em
Just because I left doesn’t mean that I’m not still    there

Verse 2:

I get to watch you grow up now
                                     C
And make me proud, make all of those mistakes that make me laugh
   D
Oh darling lord, how you make me laugh
    Em
Get drunk for me, sing louder than you’ve sung for me
                          C                               D
Grow young each time that thunder in your lungs begins to rumble at the world


             Em
Cos you were always strong
                           C                   D                 Em
When you were young, you’d kick things just to see if they would fall

They said ‘That girl, she’s wrong’
                          C                              D                               C
But I’ll stick up for you, even though you haven’t got a clue, you haven't got a xxxxxxx clue

Chorus:
           Em
And I’m so proud of you
              C
And when they laugh at us
               Em
You’ll feel my fingers down your back
             C
And when you scream I’m not alright
             Em
And throw my picture at the wall
             C
‘You were supposed to be my light
         D  Em
And keep me safe against them all
              C
How could you leave me here ?' you’ll scream
            D                                   C
And louder, I’ll scream back to you from that unknown

And say
              D
I know you’re strong enough

I know you’re strong enough
                                                Em
I know you’re strong enough to do this on your

Bridge:
              C
I know you’re strong enough to do this on your
D
Strong enough to do this on your
C                                Em
Strong enough to do this on your own


              C
I know you’re strong enough to do this on your
D
Strong enough to do this on your
C                                Em
Strong enough to do this on your own


              C
I know you’re strong enough to do this on your
D
Strong enough to do this on your
C                                Em
Strong enough to do this on your own


              C
I know you’re strong enough to do this on your
D
Strong enough to do this on your
C                                Em
Strong enough to do this on your own

Outro:

And years from now at night that storm
                                           C
Will break, you’ll step outside to feel it shake
                                   Em
And barefoot walk across the lawn
       C           G                         Em
You’ll miss me, oh Jesus Christ, you’ll miss me
                       C                             Em
Just much as all those years ago, and you’ll look up at the storm

You’ll say ‘I’ve been so scared

You left me here behind, do you not care?
                C                      Em          C
How the xxxx am I supposed to carry on without you here?‘
          Em                                                    C
Just when you’re about to give up every hope you have, you turn around
                                          D
Perched by the stairs, someone’s gone and left behind
                                        Em
a brand new pair of scarlet welly boots
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