Chords for Marc Cohn, The Things We've Handed Down

All he texted [N] was, I got the job.
That's right, Chuck.
We got the [D] job.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ I tried very hard not to [Gm] have a favorite umbrella [F] these years.
_ _ [D] _
Now he's mine.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ That's right.
We [C] got the job.
_ [A] He actually used this [F] song as a _ really unkind [C] word there against his [Gm] sister for several years
whenever they'd [Bbm] get into a fight.
I [F] often end the fight [C] by saying, yeah, but Dad didn't interrupt, right?
You were [Bb] small. _ _
_ And then I [F] did.
_ _ [C] _
Anyway, this is all for [G] my kids.
This is for all your kids.
[F] _ _
[C] A big thank you for being here tonight and for taking this journey with me.
_ [Bb] _ Very interested in the Senate now. _ _
[D] Lovely to meet you.
So thank you.
[N] _ _ _ _
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I _ [D] don't [Bb] know who you are. _
_ [F] We've been doing fine [E] without you.
[Dm] We could only go so [F] far.
_ I don't know why you chose us.
_ [G] Were you watching from above?
[F] _ Is there some man who [C] knows us, [G] said he'd give you [Bb] all our _ [F] love? _
_ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] You love just like your [C] mom.
You're [G] silent like [Bb] your mom.
[F] Was something to skip the [C] generation like a [A] heavy-empty can?
[G] _ [C] Are you a poet [Dm] or a dancer?
[F] A bell [Em]-bogged clown [Bb] _ or _ _ [F] a strange new [Dm] combination?
[C] _ [Bb] The things we [F] have to do now.
[C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] I wonder who you'll [C] cry.
_ [G] Will you have a far-downed crown?
_ [Bb] _ [F] Will you be a [C] mother's boy [A] and a daddy's little [Bb] girl?
_ [F] Will you be a sad [C] _ admirer [A] when we're lost along [Bb] the way?
_ [F] Maybe you can help me [Em] find how many [A] _ things you do [Bb] not _ [F] see.
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] You know these things are easy, [Dm] don't you?
_ [F] They're not so easily [Bb] found. _ _ _ _
[F] But you [B] can't find those things.
[F] _ [Bb] The things we [F] have done.
_ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Bb] The things we [F] have done.
The things we have done. _
_ [Em] _ They _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ may not _
_ [F] always be so real. _
The way that [Bb] you and me.
_ [F] May some future be [C] found under [Dm] the gladly settled [Bb]
trees.
[F] _ _ One day you might look [Em] at [D] us and say that you and me [Bb] cut it off.
_ [F]
Though time [C] and life have been [G] extremely well [Bb] _ -groomed.
_ _ _ [C] By our father [Dm] and our father.
This [F] the moment, this [Bb] the time.
_ _ The [F] blaze is growing [Dm] here in the place.
_ [Bb] Fix me [F] and let down.
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[A] _ _ _ [Bb] Fix me and [F] let down.
_ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bb]
Fix me and let [F] down.
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