Grace Petrie - Departures

^DAnother m^Dsus2orning th^Gat you're stirring at the crack of dawn ^DI lie t^Dsus2here doing ^Gnothing, flinching when the light comes on ^DYou're checking^Dsus2 things against a list to make sure nothing has been missed Yo^Gur passport and your boarding pass You ^Ga

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lways leave them out til last

An^Dd I'm^Bm puf^Gfy e^Dyed^G and I'm not much use Bu^At you^D manage ^Gto be^A pati^Dent as you pass my shoes

^DAnother m^Dsus2orning th^Gat we're rushing out into the car ^DThe day w^Dsus2ill come when ^Gwe leave in enough time but it's not so far ^DSo in the^Dsus2 midst of all of this, I forget to steal a kiss ^GTo hold your hand and tell you you don't understand how you'll be missed

^DSo I hang aro^Bmund til^G you'v^De che^Gcked your bags Yo^Du won^G't get^D rid of me til security

An^Dd you ho^Gld y^Dour dreams with mine An^Ad I ^Ghold^D yours too because I ^Awill^Bm take my chances On^G you^Dr wood shoe dances Co^Bms noth^Ding ^Gelse makes sense the way this does It^A's the^Bm life we have chosen It^G's the^D life that has chosen us

^DSo take c^Dsus2are darli^Gng then and let me know you land okay ^DI'll he^Dsus2ad back home ^Gand watch my phone until I know you got there safe ^DAnd then we'll steal a moment now and then ^Dsus2To hear each other's voice again ^GAdding up the hours ahead to talk before we go to bed

^DAnd it's^Bm the ^Gsame o^Ald w^Dords for the same old love ^BmThat ne^Gver ^Dquite feel big enough

An^Dd we'l^Gl do^D the best we can Wi^Ath f^Gaces^D on a screen Bu^At it^Bm's more gigantic Th^Gan t^Dhe whole Atlantic An^Bmd any^D oth^Ger ocean in beween No^At the l^Bmove I have chosen Bu^Gt the ^Dlove that has chosen me

^DSo I'^Dsus2ll keep the hom^Gefires burning darling waiting for your return ^DAnd s^Dsus2oon enough the ^Gtime will come to pack my bags and take my turn ^DBut no am^Dsus2ount of sky any water stands between the bricks and mortar ^GWhere my true love's flesh and bones, that will always be my home

^DAnd we'l^Gl ma^Dke our own mistakes Ju^Ast l^Gike ^Deveryone does Yo^Au ca^Bmn take your chances, I ^Gdon'^Dt have the answers Bu^Bmt we'^Dll w^Gork it out as we go on because It^A's th^Bme love we have chosen, it^G's t^Dhe love that has chosen us

So^D just ^Glet me know when you land okay