Becoming the Lastnames

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Intro: D Edim7 Dbdim7 Bm Em G Bb6

      D                       G                    D     Dmaj7 D7
Don't take the following words as reverence for tradition
     Em                        G                   D
I've learned to pick my battles by losing most I've fought
    D                         G                D       Dmaj7 D7
The more mores subverted, the more I sense I'm missing
         Em                          G                              D       D
And I'll always do it my way, even if that's just the same way I was taught


D                        G                         D       Dmaj7 D7
I'll bring home the bread and you'll stay home and bake it
Em                     G                           D
Weeding out the garden where the milestones gather moss
        D                              G                              D         Dmaj7 D7
Crack a smile at my vows, and whisper "wow, can you believe we really made it?"
     Em                                     G                        D
As I give up on dodging rice, and fold my cape, I say "obviously not"

Interlude: D Dmaj7 D7

                Em            G                   D      Dmaj7 D7
But I want to be just like my parents before I was born
            Em            G                D     D
Oh can we be just like my parents? Mmm-hmm-hmm


  D                       G                     D     Dmaj7 D7
I know you don't want kids but think about a daughter
Em                         G                            D
We could name her Gwendolyn, like mom would have called me
    D                  G                           D      Dmaj7 D7
I'm not sure yet myself, but I learned from a good father
             Em                     G                             D    D
Yeah, I mean sure, they messed me up. But I think that's just the gig


    D                            G                          D        Dmaj7 D7
And maybe it's just some hormones that kick in in your late twenties
           Em                 G                              D
But I have laid a lot of women, and now I'd like to just lay down
    D                        G                        D          Dmaj7 D7
And marriage always scared me, but I'd like to have a last love
    Em                               G                          D
And love can last a pretty good long while. I've seen it around

Interlude: D Dmaj7 D7

             Em            G                  D      Dmaj7 D7
Oh, can we be just like my parents when I was young?
               Em            G                D   D
Why can't we be just like my parents? Mmm-hmm-hmm

Instrumental: D Edim7 Dbdim7 Bm Em G Bb6

Em                           G
Tongue out of my cheek now, I'm done pulling faces
 D                   Edim7
Iconoclasm wanes. My cynicism tires
            Em                             G
But what do I know bout forever when so far, I've been so fleeting?
         D                                       Edim7
Babe, my frontal lobe's done growing; this might just be how I'm wired
              Em                       G
But now we're kissing before brushing, smile with our whole faces
              D                        Edim7
If you want a hyphen last name I guess I don't mind the cadence
     Em                      G
I've seen home videos. I was there back in the 80's
       D                                      Edim7
And if I'm just them and they back then could do it, why can't I?


Em             G              D    Dmaj7 D7
  Just like my parents in due time
          Em             G                    D
Imagine me, just like my parents? Yeah, right


        D                     Em7                   D     Dmaj7 D7
'Cause I've made more mistakes, than simple empty moments
     Em                      G                      D
Each one as out of character as you know I tend to be
            D                   Dmaj7 D7                                G       G   Gm6
There'll be scalpers at the cemetery gates, with all my would-be widows weeping
            Em                    G                            D    D
I'd have forgotten all their names, so why should you remember me?


      D                   G                    D         Dmaj7 D7
But if we grow old together and you talk to my headstone
         Em                                       G                           D
That is, assuming that I die first, -which is fair- and assuming I don't leave
D                      G                        D       Dmaj7 D7
Close enough to forever, I guess, to prove what I hoped
       Em            G         D
I mean otherwise how am I to believe?

Outro: Edim7 Dbdim7 Bm Em G Bb6 D
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~Friday 14th of March~

Biography

Will Wood appeared out of nowhere, stumbling out of a hallucinogenic haze in 2015. He immediately began attracting attention with his difficult-to-pin-down public persona and provocative performances. Joined by his band The Tapeworms, Wood confused and excited audiences and press with his genre-defying musical styles and unique performances, which often featured light shows, acrobatics, comedy, and other elements that rocked the boat of the local scene.

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