Intro: A D A D -x4- A G D D D A G Bm A A D A D -x2- D A When you were born you were not alone G Nothing was carved into the stone quite yet, but don't forget D A D You heard someone say it won't get better than this D A That was the sound of your father A G As he held you up to your mother G No one will ever know, D A D a love a pure as the one that you felt right then D A Em They held you up, they held you up D A And everybody else they fell to the wayside D This is the start the beginning A The prologue to the tale that you're spinning Em D A a million synonyms will never come close to describe the feeling G G G D D D A A A Don't ever leave, cause if you do dear Bm G I guarantee that you'll regret the day you did D and you'll miss all the simple things A And you'll see everything you've ever loved Bm start fading till there's nothing left oh Chorus: Bm D A G Bm And I believe that every broken bone is meant to be Bm D A And when it heals it will be stronger than it was before Bm D A G Bm And I see, the things that I pretend that I don't see Bm D A And I keep them in my head love If only for memories Interlude -x4-: A D A D D A So now you're young and you feel alone G Despite friends family and all the good things now surrounding you D A D You can't help thinking that there's gotta be some more to do D A When all the things that you cherish A G Turn into burdens and there is G No other path to take, D A D you know what you've got to do but you don't know how D A Em They hold you back they hold you down D A And you're gonna feel bad but you know that you've gotta get out D This is your pain your dilemma A Do you stay in the town where they raised ya Em D A Or will you sail away, pull the anchor and go headed for the come-what-may? G G G D D D A A A You have to leave, cause if you don't dear Bm G you'll never see the things you read about in books D you saw the films and you were Hooked A but everything you want won't come to you Bm you realize now that you've gotta go see this through Chorus: Bm D A G Bm And I believe that every broken bone is meant to be Bm D A And when it heals it will be stronger than it was before Bm D A G Bm And I see, the things that I pretend that I don't see Bm D A And I keep them in my head love If only for memories Interlude: A D A D -x4- G D Gb Bm -x3- F C E D A So now you're old raising your own G Two souls to make yourself a home, you finally settled down D A D you've seen the world but your heart never left this town D A They have the eyes of their mother A G The kind of crooked teeth of their father G No one will ever know D A D a love as pure as the one that you feel for them D A Em You'll hold them up you'll hold them up D A And everybody else will fall to the wayside D There is no end no beginning A On this merry-go-round we call living Em D A Some day you will return, every single ounce of the love you were given G G G D D D A A A Someday they'll go, and when they leave home Bm G you will be grateful for the lesson that you learned D you had to travel half the world A to realize what you knew all along Bm that everything will end up where it belongs Chorus: Bm D A G Bm And I believe that every broken bone is meant to be Bm D A And when it heals it will be stronger than it was before Bm D A G Bm And I see, the things that I pretend that I don't see Bm D A And I keep them in my head love If only for memories Outro: A D A D -x4- A G D D D A G Bm A A A A D
