Nurture Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]And[A] on[Bm] my[G]
[D]fourth birthday
Looking like a pho[A]tograph
We would all for[Bm]get about
And only [G]discover later on
With all [D]the newspapers
Piled up like [A]epitaphs
For the man [Bm]you never knew
But hold onto [G]like a silver swan
And in the [D]forest
That I created [A]in my head
I was [Bm]a warrior
At home in the wild
[G]My bones were big and str[D]ong
They'd never get me like they [A]did in real life
If I could [Bm]just get bigger and bet[G]ter
Could you stay a little [D]longer please?
[A]Could you stay a little lon[Bm]ger ple[G]ase?

[Verse 2]
And in the [D]lamplight
Swaddled like a [A]baby tight
I read a hun[Bm]dred pages
To get [G]lost each night
[D]I made a skin out of the Bro[A]thers Grimm
Made a ma[Bm]gic box to
hide [G]the shouting in
Coz you were [D]busy
Biting at each [A]other's heels
In an [Bm]angry fog that never [G]seemed to clear
But it's [D]ok
Coz I did pretty [A]well anyway
And you're [Bm]proud
[G]But could you stay a little lon[D]ger please?
[A]Could you stay a little
[Bm]longer [G]please?

[Verse 3]
And now I'm [D]fifteen
Falling on [A]my skinny knees
Telling her [Bm]I'm sorry please
You know [G]I love you more than any[D]one
But I must've got [A]the message wrong
Coz [Bm]the more I tried the more
[G]I came undone
And she was [D]clever
Knew just how to [A]build you up
And then [Bm]chip away till you [G]went wrong
Could you stay a little [D]longer please?
[A]Could you stay a l[Bm]ittl[G]e
[D]lon[A]ger[Bm] please[G]?

[Verse 4]
And then [D]at 23
I asked someone [A]to follow me
Into a caco[Bm]phony
Of all of all of the thing[G]s I'd fled
And he was [D]ready
Gave me every [A]part of him
But my rib[Bm]s were breaking
with [G]the weight of it
And so I [D]left
So well rehearsed at [A]leaving
beds by [Bm]then[G]
And now I'm [D]all grown
Moving to [A]a new home
With the man my [Bm]heart holds
Dearer than [G]anyone
And I'm [D]a mess
So sure I'm gonna [A]love him less
with every [Bm]step
Coz that's all that I've
come [G]to expect
But as [D]the months pass
I'm surprised [A]to feel my heart
[D]Getting [Bm]bigger
And [G]better
At last