Heirloom

Intro: D

Verse 1:
A             Bm         G               D
You try your hardest to leave the past alone.
A             Bm         G               D
This crooked posture is all you've ever known.
A          Bm             G         D
It is the consequence of living in between
A              Bm             G            D
The weight of family and the pull of gravity.

Chorus:
Bm              A                       G
You are so much more than your father's son.
Bm              A                   G
You are so much more than what I've become.

Interlude: D

Verse 2:
A       Bm            G              D
Long before you were born there was light
A       Bm                   G          D
Hidden deep in these young, unfamiliar eyes.
A          Bm              G               D
A million choices, though little on their own,
A           Bm              G                D
Become the heirloom of the heaviness you've known.

Chorus:
Bm              A                       G
You are so much more than your father's son.
Bm              A                    G
You are so much more than what I've become,
Bm   A     G
What I've become,
Bm   A     G
What I've become.

Bridge: Bm

Bm            A  
You pressed rewind
                   D
For the thousandth time
                   G
When the tapes wore through.
Bm          A  
So you memorized
                 D
Those unscripted lines,
                          G
Desperate for some kind of clue:
Bm             A  
When the scale tipped,
               D
When you inherited
                             G
a fight that you were born to lose.
Bm            A  
It's not your fault,
                  D
No, it's not your fault,
                         G
I put this heavy heart in you.
D                         G
I put this heavy heart in you.

Interlude: D

Verse 3:
A       Bm        G                D
You remind me of who I could have been,
A           Bm           G               D
Had I been stronger and braver way back then.
A          Bm              G               D
A million choices, though little on their own,
A          Bm              G                D
Became the heirloom of the heaviness we've known.

Chorus:
Bm              A                       G
You are so much more than your father's son.
Bm              A                        G
You are so much more than the wars you've won.
Bm              A                      G
You are so much more than your father's son.
Bm              A                    G
You are so much more than what I've become.
-Repeat the run-
Bm   A     G
What I've become
Bm   A     G
What I've become

Outro:
D
-Fade out-