Children of Children Jason Isbell
Intro:
[D] [Dsus2] [Am] [Em] [D]
[D]Pictures of the farm before us
[Am]Old men in a gospel chorus
[Em]Sepia and saddle horses
[D]Easy on the reins
[D]Eighty-one, a motor-inn
[Am]Your momma's seventeen again
She's [Em]squinting at at the dusty wind
[D]The anger of the plains
[D] [Dm] [Dsus2] [Dm] [G] [Am(5)] [G] [C] [D] [Dsus2] [D]
[D]You and i were almost nothing
[Am]Pray to God the gods were bluffing
[Em]Seventeen ain't old enough to r[D]eason with the pain
[D]How could we expect the two to [Am]stay in love,
When neither knew the [Em]meaning of
The difference between [D]sacred and profane?
[C9]I was riding on my m[G]other's hip
She was shorter than the [D]corn[Dsus4] [D] [Dsus2] [D]
[C9]And all the years I [G]took from her
Just by being [A]born[C9]
[D] [Dm] [Dsus2] [Dm] [G] [Am(5)] [G] [C] [D] [Dsus2] [D]
[D] [Dm] [Dsus2] [Dm] [G] [Am(5)] [G] [C] [D] [Dsus2] [D]
[D]I didn't mean to break the cycle
[Am]At seventeen, I went by Michael
[Em]No one ever called me by my [D]own name anyway
[D]Five full generations living
[Am]All these expectations giving [Em]way to one
So late to have a b[D]aby on the way
[C9]You were riding on your [G]mother's hip
She was shorter than the [D]corn[Dsus4] [D] [Dsus2] [D]
[C9]And all the years you t[G]ook from her
Just by being [A]born[C9]
Outro:
D Am Em D (repeat)
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