Standard tune
intro F#m/E/Bm
s[F#m]ilhouettes[E] above the [Bm]cradle
[Bm]hold me down
[F#m]they won't let[E] me go the[Bm] wrong way
[F#m]my mother tau[E]ght me all the fa[Bm]bles, told me how
[F#m]in the en[E]d all the [Bm]sinners have to pay
but...
[D]i don't wanna [E]live like my [F#m]mother[C#]
i don't wanna[D] let fe[E]ar ru[F#m]le my li[C#]fe
[D]and i don't wanna l[E]ive like my f[F#m]ather[C#]
i don't wanna gi[D]ve up[E] bef[F#m]ore i di[C#]e
(play like vers 1)
he worked so hard his bones are breaking
he wore them down but long ago he lost the feeling
his good intentions leave me shaking, show me how
i don't ever want to end up like he did
and...
i don't wanna live like my mother
i don't wanna let fear rule my life
and i don't wanna live like my father
i don't wanna give up before i die
[F#m] when i have k[A]ids
[E] i won't put a[Bm]ny chains on[F#m] their wris[A]ts,
i won[E]'t[C#]
[F#m] i'll tell them thi[A]s
[E] there's nothing in[Bm] this world
that [F#m]you can't be[A] if you wan[E]t it
enoug[C#]h
i don't wanna live like my mother
i don't wanna let fear rule my life
and i don't wanna live like my father
i don't wanna give up before i die
i don't wanna live like my mother
i don't wanna let fear rule my life
and i don't wanna live like my father
i don't wanna give up before i die
intro F#m/E/Bm
s[F#m]ilhouettes[E] above the [Bm]cradle
[Bm]hold me down
[F#m]they won't let[E] me go the[Bm] wrong way
[F#m]my mother tau[E]ght me all the fa[Bm]bles, told me how
[F#m]in the en[E]d all the [Bm]sinners have to pay
but...
[D]i don't wanna [E]live like my [F#m]mother[C#]
i don't wanna[D] let fe[E]ar ru[F#m]le my li[C#]fe
[D]and i don't wanna l[E]ive like my f[F#m]ather[C#]
i don't wanna gi[D]ve up[E] bef[F#m]ore i di[C#]e
(play like vers 1)
he worked so hard his bones are breaking
he wore them down but long ago he lost the feeling
his good intentions leave me shaking, show me how
i don't ever want to end up like he did
and...
i don't wanna live like my mother
i don't wanna let fear rule my life
and i don't wanna live like my father
i don't wanna give up before i die
[F#m] when i have k[A]ids
[E] i won't put a[Bm]ny chains on[F#m] their wris[A]ts,
i won[E]'t[C#]
[F#m] i'll tell them thi[A]s
[E] there's nothing in[Bm] this world
that [F#m]you can't be[A] if you wan[E]t it
enoug[C#]h
i don't wanna live like my mother
i don't wanna let fear rule my life
and i don't wanna live like my father
i don't wanna give up before i die
i don't wanna live like my mother
i don't wanna let fear rule my life
and i don't wanna live like my father
i don't wanna give up before i die
