Danielle Ate the Sandwich - 17 and 53

^Gm You were ^Fseven^Cteen the year your father died ^Gm And he was ^Ffifty-^Cthree when you were seventeen ^Gm In the ^Fmuseum ^Cwhere you laid your head to sleep ^Gm The arti^Ffacts were cold to ^Ccomfort you

^GmWhen you h^Feard them fighting ^Cyou hid in the apple tree ^GmThe branch^Fes broke their nois^Ce ^GmAnd when y^Four brother studied^C at the university ^GmYou were l^Feft alone to realiz^Ce

^CmThat while you were growing older ^DmHe was busy growing older ^Gmtoo, bah dah ^Fdum, da dah dah dah ^Cdum ^Gmtoo, bah dah ^Fdum, da dah dah dah ^Cdum

^GmIn the sum^Fmer when your fathe^Cr drove you to the river ^GmAnd he wou^Fld sing so loud ^{C Gm}Soon to be^F kept silent when y^Cou climbed through barbed-wired fences ^GmTo get to ^Fthe riverside ^C

^CmAnd while you were growing older ^DmHe was busy growing older ^Gmtoo, bah dah ^Fdum, da dah dah dah ^Cdum ^Gmtoo, bah dah ^Fdum, da dah dah dah ^Cdum

^GmAnd in Feb^Fruary you were runn^Cing late one day ^GmAnd out th^Fe door you ran ^{C Gm}Leaving le^Fft unsaid the thing^Cs you’d soon regret not telling ^GmNever know^Fing this would be y^Cour last chance

^CmAnd while you were growing older ^DmHe was busy growing older

^Gm And was it ^Cmfair to ^{F Cm}blame the ^Fgi- ^Gmrl, And was it ^Cmfair to ^{F Cm}make the ^Fchild ^Gmchoose, And when you ^Cmstood next ^Fto the ^Cmmoun-^Fta- ^Gmin, Did you ^Cmswear that you could ^Fhear him ^Cmcalling ^Fyou? ^Gm bah dah ^Fdum, da dah dah dah ^Cdum ^Gm bah dah ^Fdum, da dah dah dah ^Cdum

^GmI am twent^Fy-two and you are f^Cifty-three ^GmAnd only b^Flood can tell ^{C Gm}That we ar^Fe made up of string^Cs and strands of DNA ^GmDancing wa^Fltzes in our cells ^C

^Cmand while you are growing older ^Dmi am busy growing older ^Gmtoo, bah dah ^Fdum, da dah dah dah ^Cdum ^Gmtoo, bah dah ^Fdum, da dah dah dah ^Cdum