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You Will Always Be My Son

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Arpeggiated fingerstyle Travis picking throughout, except on * = one strum.
[Verse 1]
Your Ctiny hand in mine
As you're Amsleeping on my chest
CLaying here so still
Giving Ammom a chance to rest
And I'm Fwatching my world rise and fall
                Dm  Dm*
With every single breath
[Verse 2]
CLooking down at you
And how you Amlook so much like me
And Call I wanna do
Is give you Ameverything you need
FSon I know I'm F/Egonna make misGsus4takes
                        F          F/E        G  Gsus4*
But my love for you will never ever change
[Chorus]
I don't Cever wanna G/Blet you Am7go
But I can't Dmwait to get to Cwatch you gGrow
And no Cmatter what this G/Blife might Am7bring
I want you to Dmknow that you will Calways Gbe
                         F  Fadd9*
You will always be my son
[Verse 3]
I'm Cpicturing your life
How the Amyears will all play out
And Cwhatever you do
Just know that AmI'm already proud
FSon, I know you're F/Egonna make misGtakes
                                   F    Gsus4  G*
But my love for you will never ever change
[Chorus]
I don't Cever wanna G/Blet you Am7go
But I can't Dmwait to get to Cwatch you gGrow
And no Cmatter what this G/Blife might Am7bring
I want you to Dmknow that you will Calways Gbe
You will always be my FM7sonC  
[Bridge]
From Gevery scraped up knees
To Cevery broken dFream
GWherever your road leads
             Am            G     F  F*
You can always come back home
[Chorus] (All single strums)
I don't Cever wanna G/Blet you Am7go
But I can't Dmwait to get to Cwatch you gGrow
And no Cmatter what this G/Blife might Am7bring
I want you to Dmknow that you will Calways Gbe
You will always be my FsonC  

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You Will Always Be My Son

by Anthem Lights

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F/E

Gsus4

G/B

Am7

Fadd9

FM7

Arpeggiated fingerstyle Travis picking throughout, except on * = one strum.

[Verse 1]

Your tiny hand in mine

As you're sleeping on my chest

Laying here so still

Giving mom a chance to rest

And I'm watching my world rise and fall

Dm Dm

With every single breath

[Verse 2]

Looking down at you

And how you look so much like me

And all I wanna do

Is give you everything you need

F F/E Gsus4

Son I know I'm gonna make mistakes

F F/E G Gsus4

But my love for you will never ever change

[Chorus]

C G/B Am7

I don't ever wanna let you go

Dm C G

But I can't wait to get to watch you grow

C G/B Am7

And no matter what this life might bring

Dm C G

I want you to know that you will always be

F Fadd9

You will always be my son

[Verse 3]

I'm picturing your life

How the years will all play out

And whatever you do

Just know that I'm already proud

F F/E G

Son, I know you're gonna make mistakes

F Gsus4 G

But my love for you will never ever change

[Chorus]

C G/B Am7

I don't ever wanna let you go

Dm C G

But I can't wait to get to watch you grow

C G/B Am7

And no matter what this life might bring

Dm C G

I want you to know that you will always be

FM7 C

You will always be my son

[Bridge]

From every scraped up knees

C F

To every broken dream

Wherever your road leads

Am G F F

You can always come back home

[Chorus] (All single strums)

C G/B Am7

I don't ever wanna let you go

Dm C G

But I can't wait to get to watch you grow

C G/B Am7

And no matter what this life might bring

Dm C G

I want you to know that you will always be

F C

You will always be my son

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