Great Expectations Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]My p[Asus2]arents wer[Em]e immigrants,
new to these shores, when [Asus2]they were just barely eighteen.
[Em]They struggled and sacrificed, pounded on doors,
to [Asus2]carve out the life they'd foresee[Em]n.
They fashioned [Am]that life out
of hope and thin [Asus2]air,
[Bm]A life for[F#dim] the daughter
they someday would [B]share.
[E]I am t[Em]hat daughter eterna[G]lly grateful
For [Asus2]all that they gave up[B]
[Em]for me.[Asus2][Em]
[F#m]I belong[F#] to a[F#m] long line of men,
[B]all electricians by [F#m]trade.
My grand[F#]father [F#m]first, my father then,
so [B]proud of the business they [F#m]made.
[F#]A mantle is cl[Bm]aimed, a torch will be passed[B],
making [G#dim]our famil[E]y legac[G#dim]y last.[C#]
So [F#]here I stand with my [Asus2]fu ture ordained,
and a [B]life that is planned [F#]out for me.
[C]Oh, [D]gre[C]at [Em]expectations[E],
great expectation[D]s
[C]Oh, [D]gre[C]at [B]expectations of[Bm]
[Em]me[Asus2][E][Em]
[Asus2][E]
Through [F#]all of their hardships
[F#m]and every lean year,
My par[B]ents could see their reward.
[F#]I have a road th[F#m]at's laid
Their [F#]daughter's degree an[F#m]d
their daughter's career,
[B]everything that [F#]can afford.
struggle I see.
The [Bm]trouble for me is
the life that they fought.
Is [E]light [G#dim]years away from [C#]the life that I want.
So [F#]I plant a flag, because I n[Asus2]eed a
piece of [B]the world I can claim [F#]for myself.
[C]Oh, oh, oh,[D] oh,[C] oh, oh, oh,[Em] oh,[E][Em]
[E]oh,[Em][D][C][D][C][B]
Great expectations [Bm]of me[E]!
[D]I'm my own person with hopes and desires
A [G]fu ture that I engineer
[D]I have a passion that yearns and aspires
A [G]vision so focused and [Em]clear
I know my [A]path may be humble
with bruises an[C#dim]d aches
And [C]doubtless I'll stumble and
make my mistakes
But it's [Am]time I made choices
It's time that I screamed
Don't want the [B]dream I was given
I want the dream [Bm]that I
[D]dreamed[C][D][C]
[Em]Great [E]expectations, great expectation[D]s
Oh, [C]oh, [D]oh, oh, oh
[C]Great exp[Em]ectations, gre[E]at [Em]expectations[D]
[C]for[D][C][B]
GREAT
EXPECTATIONS
OF
GREAT
[Em]EXPECTATIONS
GREAT
EXPECTATIONS
[Asus2]OF
[Bsus4]ME[B][E][Em][A][Asus2]
you