John Mark Nelson

Boy Chords

Standard Tuning-Capo 4
Verse one
C                           Em                               F    C
So complete and so breathe deeply for the life in which you wake
C                           Em                                     F     C
Grateful heart and helpless mind that reels with every chance you take

Pre-chorus one
E             F           C    F                   C 
Dreams never take me far away, hide me from your love
F                  G
Wake to call your name
  G                            
And when you slow down you’ll surely say

Chorus
    C                  F               C                  G
I know blowing in the wind there’s a voice that calls my name
   G              F          G       C
“Don’t fear your life boy, grow and change�
    C                        F
It came running through the earth where
     C                   G
The pine and tall grass grew
   G        F       G        C
Leading me always, close to you

Verse two
C                         Em                                  F    C
In the clearness of the spring, heard you calling heard you sing
C                                  Em                                F    C
“This marks the end of all that’s through, I have a better plan for you�

Pre chorus two
E              F            C    F               C
Still, I’m afraid of what I am, save me from my soul
F                   G
You can’t make me whole
  G
Still I find my voice and say


REPEAT CHORUS


Bridge (pluck strings 5-4-3-2 at a speedy tempo)
C                       Em                             E
For a hundred years we wait, and with every breath we take
 E                   C       C2*
Learn to bury our mistake
C                         Em
Do I lead myself towards pain?
                        E                      C    C2*
Every song we raise in vain, every fire only flame
C                         Em                           E
Raise the children now to keep, every virtue that you seek
E                       C  C2*
Hoping one day they’ll receive
C                        Em                               E
“We are nothing but the dust that gathers down below the plain
  E
We’ll be gone and you’ll remain�

Pre chorus three
E             F              C      F           C
Now what was far away draws near, teach me to belong
F            G
I no longer fear

*(add second string, third fret and the first string open as a fill) or C C2 C C finger picking the
four middle strings works-listen to the song and see what you think is accurate.