My Boy

Intro Am7 Dm9 {x3} [Refrão] Am7 Dm9 Stay young. Am7 Dm9 Stay small, my boy. Am7 Dm9 Fit inside these arms forever Am7 Dm9 'Cause the world's not all it's cracked up to Am7 Dm9 Gm Be (Be) F Dm9 I sigh F Dm9 I cry. my boy Am7 Dm9 Soon you'll see the world is not this room Am7 Dm9 And I can't keep you from the pain that you'll have to Am7 Dm9 C Gm See (See) [Verso 1] F Dm9 Lord, it's tough to hold my son in the moment Am7 Dm9 I need to keep him safe, tell me which direction this world is going Am7 Dm9 C I feel the same for my lack of faith when you walk the ocean Dm F Eve bit the apple, my faith is weak, and my trust is broken . Dm9 There's things that I can't keep him from Am7 Dm9 Like the loneliness you feel in the realizations of growing up Am7 Dm9 C Like a best friend at his mother's bedside when she passes from the leukemia Gm Like a coach about to die asking you why he's gotta leave his son Am7 Dm9 I hate the weakness of owning up to sins of past Am7 Dm9 I hate the weakness of giving up what I used to have Am7 Dm9 I hate the weakness of showing my son what makes me sad C He said a present father is worth way more than a perfect dad [Refrão] Am7 Dm9 Stay young. Am7 Dm9 Stay small, my boy. Am7 Dm9 Fit inside these arms forever 'Cause the world's not all it's cracked up to Am7 Dm9 Gm Be (Be) F Dm9 I sigh F Dm9 I cry. my boy Am7 Dm9 Soon you'll see the world is not this room Am7 Dm9 And I can't keep you from the pain that you'll have to Am7 Dm9 C Gm F See (See) Outro N.C. Stay young