Danielle Ate The Sandwich
17 And 53 Ukulele Chords
intro: Gm F C
Gm F C
You were seventeen the year your father died
Gm F C
And he was fifty-three when you were seventeen
Gm F C
In the museum where you laid your head to sleep
Gm F C
The artifacts were cold to comfort you
Gm F C
When you heard them fighting you hid in the apple tree
Gm F C
The branches broke their noise
Gm F C
And when your brother studied at the university
Gm F C
You were left alone to realize
Cm
That while you were growing older
Dm
He was busy growing older
Gm F C
too, bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum
Gm F C
too, bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum
Gm F C
In the summer when your father drove you to the river
Gm F C
And he would sing so loud
Gm F C
Soon to be kept silent when you climbed through barbed-wired fences
Gm F C
To get to the riverside
Cm
And while you were growing older
Dm
He was busy growing older
Gm F C
too, bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum
Gm F C
too, bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum
Gm F C
And in February you were running late one day
Gm F C
And out the door you ran
Gm F C
Leaving left unsaid the things you’d soon regret not telling
Gm F C
Never knowing this would be your last chance
Cm
And while you were growing older
Dm
He was busy growing older
Gm Cm F Cm F
And was it fair to blame the gi-
Gm Cm F Cm F
rl, And was it fair to make the child
Gm Cm F Cm F
choose, And when you stood next to the moun-ta-
Gm Cm F Cm F
in, Did you swear that you could hear him calling you?
Gm F C
bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum
Gm F C
bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum
Gm F C
I am twenty-two and you are fifty-three
Gm F C
And only blood can tell
Gm F C
That we are made up of strings and strands of DNA
Gm F C
Dancing waltzes in our cells
Cm
and while you are growing older
Dm
i am busy growing older
Gm F C
too, bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum
Gm F C
too, bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum
