Amanda Shires - You Don’t Get To Go

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Dm Am
You don’t recognize yourself, or the bottles on the bathroom shelf
C Dm
You search for words, and curse the hand you got dealt
Dm Am
It was a poetic attempt, I wouldn’t call it a try
C Dm
When you went down to the pond, no note to slip cold through thin ice

[Chorus]
F C
And you don’t get to go out your own way
Dm C Dm
You don’t get to choose…..so just spare me

[Verse 2]
Dm Am
Between you and the kids, I’ve been lifting and cleaning
C Dm
Feeding and bending for over twenty years now
Am
We might be standing here looking at the end of our world
C Dm
But there’s beauty in knowing the closure you owe to your girls

[Chorus]
F C
And you don’t get to go out your own way
Dm C Dm
You don’t get to choose…..so just spare me

[Bridge]
F F C C
Bb Bb F F
C C F F
C C Bb Dm

[Verse 3]
Dm Am
So let go of how it gets worse, remember I signed up for the work
C Dm
We’ll find drops of goodness, so many to make it worth it
Am
Holding on to each other in the quiet light
C Dm
Bird watching, sky watching, sunsets, and moon rise

[Outro]
F C
And you don’t get to go out your own way
Bb F C
You don’t get to choose…..what you spare me
F C
I know you’re afraid of becoming your own ghost
Bb C Dm
Afraid I know…but you don’t get to go
Bb C Dm
Afraid I know…but you don’t get to go