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[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
G/BYou try your Amhardest to Fleave the past aClone.
G/BThis crooked Amposture is Fall you've ever Cknown.
G/BIt is the Amconsequence of Fliving in Cbetween
G/BThe weight of Amfamily and the Fpull of graviCty.
[Chorus]
AmYou are so much Gmore than your father's Fson.
AmYou are so much Gmore than what I've Fbecome.
C
[Verse 2]
G/BLong beAmfore you were Fborn there was Clight
G/BHidden Amdeep in these young, Funfamiliar Ceyes.
G/BA million Amchoices, though Flittle on their Cown,
G/BBecome the Amheirloom of the Fheaviness you've Cknown.
[Chorus]
AmYou are so much Gmore than your father's Fson.
AmYou are so much Gmore than what I've bFecome,
AmWhat GI've bFecome,
AmWhat GI've bFecome.
[Bridge]
Am
AmYou pressed reG/Bwind
For the thousandth Ctime
When the tapes wore Fthrough.
AmSo you memorG/Bized
Those unscripted Clines,
Desperate for some kind of Fclue:
AmWhen the scale G/Btipped,
When you inheriCted
A fight that you were born to Flose.
AmIt's not your G/Bfault,
No, it's not your Cfault,
I put this heavy heart in Fyou.
C/EI put this heavy heart in Fyou.
C
[Verse 3]
G/BYou remAmind me of Fwho I could have Cbeen,
G/BHad I been Amstronger and Fbraver way back Cthen.
G/BA million Amchoices, though Flittle on their Cown,
G/BBecame the Amheirloom of the Fheaviness we've Cknown.
[Chorus]
AmYou are so much Gmore than your father's Fson.
AmYou are so much Gmore than the wars you've Fwon.
AmYou are so much Gmore than your father's Fson.
AmYou are so much Gmore than what I've bFecome.
(Repeat the run)
AmWhat GI've bFecome
AmWhat GI've bFecome
C(Fade out)

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Heirloom

by Sleeping at Last

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G/B

C/E

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

G/B Am F C

You try your hardest to leave the past alone.

G/B Am F C

This crooked posture is all you've ever known.

G/B Am F C

It is the consequence of living in between

G/B Am F C

The weight of family and the pull of gravity.

[Chorus]

Am G F

You are so much more than your father's son.

Am G F

You are so much more than what I've become.

[Verse 2]

G/B Am F C

Long before you were born there was light

G/B Am F C

Hidden deep in these young, unfamiliar eyes.

G/B Am F C

A million choices, though little on their own,

G/B Am F C

Become the heirloom of the heaviness you've known.

[Chorus]

Am G F

You are so much more than your father's son.

Am G F

You are so much more than what I've become,

Am G F

What I've become,

Am G F

What I've become.

[Bridge]

Am G/B

You pressed rewind

For the thousandth time

When the tapes wore through.

Am G/B

So you memorized

Those unscripted lines,

Desperate for some kind of clue:

Am G/B

When the scale tipped,

When you inherited

A fight that you were born to lose.

Am G/B

It's not your fault,

No, it's not your fault,

I put this heavy heart in you.

C/E F

I put this heavy heart in you.

[Verse 3]

G/B Am F C

You remind me of who I could have been,

G/B Am F C

Had I been stronger and braver way back then.

G/B Am F C

A million choices, though little on their own,

G/B Am F C

Became the heirloom of the heaviness we've known.

[Chorus]

Am G F

You are so much more than your father's son.

Am G F

You are so much more than the wars you've won.

Am G F

You are so much more than your father's son.

Am G F

You are so much more than what I've become.

(Repeat the run)

Am G F

What I've become

Am G F

What I've become

(Fade out)

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