Intro: Cmaj7 D x2 Cmaj7 D I sit and watch you reading with your head low Cmaj7 D I wake and watch you breathing with your eyes closed Cmaj7 I sit and watch you D Cmaj7 I notice everything you do or donʼt do D Youʼre so much older and wiser, and I Chorus: G Cmaj7 I wait by the door like Iʼm just a kid Em Use my best colors for your portrait D Lay the table with the fancy shit G And watch you tolerate it Cmaj7 If itʼs all in my head tell me now Em Tell me Iʼve got it wrong somehow D I know my love should be celebrated Cmaj7 But you tolerate it D I greet you with a battle heroʼs welcome Cmaj7 D I take your indiscretions all in good fun Cmaj7 I sit and listеn, D Cmaj7 I polish plates until they gleam and glistеn D Youʼre so much older and wiser, and I Chorus: G Cmaj7 I wait by the door like Iʼm just a kid Em Use my best colors for your portrait D Lay the table with the fancy shit G And watch you tolerate it Cmaj7 If itʼs all in my head tell me now Em Tell me Iʼve got it wrong somehow D I know my love should be celebrated Cmaj7 But you tolerate it Bridge: Cmaj7 While you were out building other worlds, where was I? Em Whereʼs that man whoʼd throw blankets over my barbed wire? D I made you my temple, my mural, my sky Em Now Iʼm begging for footnotes in the story of your life Cmaj7 Drawing hearts in the byline Em Always taking up too much space or time D You assume Iʼm fine, but what would you do if I Outro: G Cmaj7 Break free and leave us in ruins Took this dagger in me and removed it G D Gain the weight of you then lose it G Believe me, I could do it Cmaj7 If itʼs all in my head tell me now G Tell me Iʼve got it wrong somehow D I know my love should be celebrated Em Cmaj7 Em But you tolerate it D I sit and watch you...
