Brandon Heath - Bend joseph

^CI am not my family tree ^FThese are different leaves, you know ^AmThere are miles and miles between ^GMy roots and what I'm tryin' to grow ^CI am not the slave they sold ^FNor am I royalty ^Amworn them both The ^Gfinest coat, And rags that ^Cbarely covered me

But there's ^Ammercy in the soil ^FMercy in the sun ^CLearnin' to forgive What ^Gcannot be undone ^AmWhat was meant to harm Can't ^Fharm you in the end Stepped ^Cout on a limb I thought my break But ^Glove said, It will only ^Ambend ^F It will only ^Cbend ^G

^CI am not my past mistakes ^FLabeled by some place in time ^AmNor am I a trophy case ^GTryin' to maintain my shine ^CI have dreamed a thousand dreams ^FWatch a grain in famine grow ^AmI am not my family tree I have branches o^Gf my own

^COh, Does fate resign us^G too? Find shelter for our ^Amwounds Beneath the battered ^Froof of broken dreams ^COh, But I will choose to ^Gstand In the shadow of Your ^Amhand And see what grows when g^Frace has sown the seed

Oh^F, oh^C, oh^G These are different ^Amleaves, you know Oh^F, oh^C, oh^G