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Alternative, maybe easier, version:
  • Transpose the chords 1 half step down [ -1 ]
  • Put a capo on fret 1 to stay in the same key

UKULELE CHORDS

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Intro: Bb   Bb   Bb   Bb

Verse 1:
     Bb       Bb
When I was a child
   Bb          Bb
My nerves ran wild
       Gm
When I watched my friends
Gm                     Bb     Bb
Rise to the tops of the trees
         Bb       Bb
With the risk of fall
        Bb          Bb
I never climbed at all
      Gm   Gm
Every day I told myself
         Bb      Bb
“I’m not ready”

Chorus:
Gm  F            Bb
  My daddy always said
Gm            F           Bb
“Nothing worth doing comes easy”
Gm     F          Bb
Time is not your friend
Db                 Bb
 Time is not your remedy
Gm          F            Bb
No amount of waiting will make you
         Gm   F  Bb
Make you brave
Gm          F         Bb
No amount of fear will keep you
Gm          F                  Bb
No amount of fear will keep you safe

Interlude:
Bb   Bb   Bb   Bb

Verse 2:
    Bb       Bb
The older I get
         Bb          Bb
The more fears I collect
         Gm
I gather them from
Gm              Bb    Bb
All the people I meet
      Bb         Bb
Their stories reveal
              Bb               Bb
Regrets their smiles can’t conceal
        Gm
I carry them
  Gm             Bb
I carry them with me

Chorus:
Gm  F            Bb
  My daddy always said
Gm            F           Bb
“Nothing worth doing comes easy”
Gm     F          Bb
Time is not your friend
Db                 Bb
 Time is not your remedy
Gm          F            Bb
No amount of waiting will make you
         Gm   F  Bb
Make you brave
Gm          F         Bb
No amount of fear will keep you
Gm          F                  Bb     Bb
No amount of fear will keep you safe

Interlude:
Bb   Bb   Bb   Bb
Gm F  Bb
Gm F  Bb
Gm F  Bb
Gm F  Bb

Bridge:
            Bb           Bb            Bb
What if the steps I take turn out to be mistakes?
Gm F       Bb          Gm F      Bb
How can somebody like me learn to say?
Bb          Bb
“Come what may”
Bb          Bb
“Come what may”
Gm F          Bb   Bb
    “Come what may”
Gm F          Bb   Bb
    “Come what may”
Gm F          Bb   Bb
    “Come what may”
Gm F          Bb   Bb
    “Come what may”

Chorus:
Gm  F            Bb
  My daddy always said
Gm            F           Bb
“Nothing worth doing comes easy”
Gm     F          Bb
Time is not your friend
Db                 Bb
 Time is not your remedy
Gm          F            Bb
No amount of waiting will make you
         Gm   F  Bb
Make you brave
Gm          F         Bb
No amount of fear will keep you
Gm          F                  Bb
No amount of fear will keep you safe
Gm          F                  Bb
No amount of fear will keep you safe
     Gm  F               Bb
Your fears won’t keep you safe

Outro: Bb   Bb   Bb   Bb
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