Letter to My Son Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am]
[F][C][F][C][Dm]
[Am][F][C][Dm][Am][G][Am][F][C][Dm][C][F][C]
[Dm][Am][F][C][Dm][Am][G][Am]

[Verse 1]
I [Am]find [F]myself[Am][Dm][Am][C]
[Dm]At the point[Am] where we
[F]kis[C]sed fir[Dm]st[Am][G][Am]
On a [F]rooftop[C][Dm][Am][C]
[Dm]Overlook[Am]ing the [F]East[C] London
mosque
[Dm][Am][G][Am]

[Verse 2]
[Am]They said, they said, they [F]said,
they [C]said[Dm][Am][Dm]
You can't [Am]go a[F]round breaking
[C]young girl's [Dm]hearts[Am][G][Am]
[C]I said, [Am]I said, I sa[F]id, I [C]said[Dm][Am][C]
[Dm]Keep at ca[Am]sual,
[F]eas[C]y thing
[Dm][Am][C][Am][C][G]

[Verse 3]
And you looked so right
In [Dm]that [F]red [Am]dress

[Interlude 1]
[F][Am][Dm][Am][C][Am][Dm][Am][F]
[Am][C][Am][F][C][Dm][Am][C][Dm][Am]
[F][C][Dm][Am]

[Verse 4]
Oh [Am]how I'd l[F]ove[C][Dm][Am][Dm]
To [Am]be a ro[F]ck f[C]or you[Am]
To be [F]anything[Am][C]
[Dm][Am][Dm]
[Am]You could [F]rel[C]y on
[Am]

[Verse 5]
[G][Am]
So I'll try, I'll try, [F]I'll try,
I'll [C]try[Am][Dm][Am]
[Dm]But I'll get caught [Am]out[C][Dm][Am]
So we'll try, we'll try,
we'll [F]try, we'll [Am]try[C][Am]
But [Dm]we'll forget the [Am]lines,
[F]for[C]get the lines
[Dm][Am][C][Am][G][C][G]

[Verse 6]
And you looked so thwarted
In the [F]back of [Am]the car[G][F][G][Am][C][G]
Like [Dm]you c[G]ould thwart
A [F]hundred [Am]wars

[Interlude 2]
[G][F][Am][C]
[G][Am][G][F][G][Am][F][G]

[Verse 7]
[Am]Save my letters
Where we can first call
[C]By the bed[G]room door
And [Dm]kitchen [Am]floo[F]r[C][F]
(I tried, I [G]tried, [Am]I tried)

[Verse 8]
All my letters [Am]I'm
too young
To [C]be [G]the father
To a [Dm]son[F][C][F]
[Am](I tried, I trie[C]d, I tri[Am]ed)[G][Am]

[Verse 9]
Forgive me [Am]Oscar

[Outro 1]
[F][Am][Dm]
[Am][C][Am][C][Dm][Am][G][Am]