Brandon Heath - Bend joseph

^GI am not my family tree ^CThese are different leaves, you know ^EmThere are miles and miles between ^DMy roots and what I'm tryin' to grow ^GI am not the slave they sold ^CNor am I royalty ^Emworn them both The ^Dfinest coat, And rags that ^Gbarely covered me

But there's ^Emmercy in the soil ^CMercy in the sun ^GLearnin' to forgive What ^Dcannot be undone ^EmWhat was meant to harm Can't ^Charm you in the end Stepped ^Gout on a limb I thought my break But ^Dlove said, It will only ^Embend It will only ^Cbend

^GI am not my past mistakes ^CLabeled by some place in time ^EmNor am I a trophy case ^DTryin' to maintain my shine ^GI have dreamed a thousand dreams ^CWatch a grain in famine grow ^EmI am not my family tree I have branches o^Df my own

^GOh, Does fate resign us^D too? Find shelter for our ^Emwounds Beneath the battered ^Croof of broken dreams ^GOh, But I will choose to ^Dstand In the shadow of Your ^Emhand And see what grows when g^Crace has sown the seed

Oh^C, oh^G, oh^D These are different ^Emleaves, you know Oh^C, oh^G, oh^D