Chords for American Authors - Before I Go

_ _ _ [Cm] I'm so afraid [F] of _ [G] where my life's [Em] going _ [Am] _ Guess [Cm] I've been ashamed, [E] _ _ somehow [G] I kept [Em] going
[G] _ _ So tell [C] me I'm good, tell [F] me I'm good, tell [G] me I'm good
[Am] _ _ Say I've done all I could, I've done [Em] all I could
_ I [F] hope I find a [C] peace of mind in [G] all of my _ _ woes
I [F] hope the rain, it [C] brings a light to my broken soul
_ _ _ I [F] hope I lose myself [G] in the [Abm] city, but [Am] find my [G] home
[F] I _ hope I live [C] my life _ [G] before I go _ _ _ _
[F] _ Hope [C] I've been awake, _
[F] _ and I [G] didn't sleep [Em] through it [Am] all
_ [Dm] Every [F] last drop of faith, _
[F] _ _ oh [G] I can [Em] drink it [F] all
I'll take it all in, I'll take it all in, I'll take [G] it all _ in
_ I [F] hope I find a [C] peace of mind in all [G] of my _ _
[C] woes
[G] I [F] hope the rain, it [C] brings a light to my [G] broken soul _
_ _ I [F] hope I lose myself [G] in the [Ab] city, but [Am] find my [G] home
[F] _ _ I hope I live [C] my life before [G] I go _
_ _ I [F] hope I _ live [C] _ _ before [G] I _ go
_ I [F] hope I
I _
[C] _ _ _ [Am] hope _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] I _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [F] lose _ myself [G] in the city, [Ab] but find [Am] my _ [G] home
[F] _ _ I hope I live [C] my life _ [G] before I go _
_ _ [Em] I hope [F] I live _
[C] _ _ before [G] I go _
_ I [F] hope I live _
[C] _ _ before [G] I _ _ go
_ I hope I [F] live _
[C] _ _ before [G] I go _ _
_ [G] _ I hope [F] I _ live [C] _ [G] _ before I go _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I've always walked through life in the dark
_ [N] But when you decided to hold my hand, your heart began to light my way _ _
In you I saw a future that I didn't think was possible
A place where I could rest my bones and my mind, knowing that it wouldn't be in vain
In you I saw a hope that I never knew existed
Or one day we'd get to tell our children the story of how we both met in a strange bar on that cold October night
In you I saw a beautiful soul carrying the weight of life, being constantly tested
And yet somehow finding your way
Because what you are and what you believe is unmovable
_ And in you I saw a love that I had never seen before
Because until I met you, I must have been blind _ _
This is not a promise of excitement or undying passion
Instead this is a promise that when everything fails and the world is collapsed
That we can look under the earth and see that our roots, just like our souls, have grown together
And that as one we will survive anything
_ In you I am constant and nothing will change that _ _ _ _ _