The Things Weve Handed Down

verse 1 F C Don't know much about you Dm Bb Don't know who you are F C We've been doing fine without you Dm Bb But, we could only go so far F C Don't know why you chose us Dm Bb Were you watching from above F C Is there someone there that knows us Dm Bb | F / C / | Bb / C / | Said we'd give you all our love verse 2 F C Will you laugh just like your mother Dm Bb Will you sigh like your old man F C Some things skip a generation Dm Bb Like I've heard they often can C Dm Are you a poet or a dancer F C Bb A devil or a clown F C Dm Or a strange new combination of Bb C F / C / | Bb / C / | The things we've handed down verse 3 F C I wonder who you'll look like Dm Bb Will your hair fall down and curl F C Will you be a mama's boy Dm Bb Or daddy's little girl F C Will you be a sad reminder Dm Bb Of what's been lost along the way F C Maybe you can help me find her Dm Bb F / C / | Bb / C / | In the things you do and -- say C Dm And these things that we have given F C Bb They are not so easily found F F/E Dm But you can thank us later C Bb C F / F/E / | Dm For the things we've handed down Bb C F / F/E / | Dm / Bb The things we've handed down verse 4 F C You may not always be so grateful Dm Bb For the way that you were made F C Some feature of your father's Dm Bb That you'd gladly sell or trade F C And one day you may look at us Dm Bb And say that you were cursed F C But over time that line has been Dm Bb Extremely well rehearsed C Dm By our fathers, and their fathers F C Bb In some old and distant town F C Dm From places no one here remembers Bb C F / F/E / | Dm Come the things we've handed down Bb C F / F/E / | Dm The things we've handed down Bb C F The things we've handed down