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 xxxxing 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
