Becoming The Lastnames Ukulele Chords by Will Wood

Chords Info

  • Tunning: Standard(G C E A)
  • Chords: D, Edim7, Bm, Em/G, Em/F#, Em, G, Gm, D7, D7sus4, Em7, G/A, A7
  • Key: D
  • Capo: no capo
[Verse]
       D                      G                     D      D7   D7sus4
Don't take the following words as reverence for tradition
       Em                      G                       D    Em7  G
I've learned to pick my battles by losing most I've fought
     D                  G                       D      D7   D7sus4
The more mores subverted, the more I sense I'm missing
         Em                        G                                D     Em7  G  D  Em7  G
And I'll always do it my way, even if it's just the same way I was taught
 
D                       Em7     G                   D      D7   D7sus4
I'll bring home the bread, and you'll stay home and bake it
Em/F#              Em   G                            D    Em7  G
Weeding out the garden where the milestones gather moss
          D                            Em7              G              D      D7   D7sus4
Crack a smile at my vows and whisper, “wow, can you believe we really made it?”
          Em/F#           Em               G                      D    D7   D7sus4
As I give up on dodging rice and fold my cape, I say “obviously not.”
 
 
[Chorus]
            Em/F#  Em           G                    D   D7   D7sus4
But I want to be just like my parents before I was born
         Em/F#  Em           G       D   Em7  G  D   G
Oh, can we be just like my parents? Mmh
 
 
[Verse]
    D                    Em7    G              D       D7   D7sus4
I know you don't want kids, but think about a daughter
Em/F#                Em      G                         D   Em7  G
We could name her Gwendolyn, like mom would’ve called me
     D                 Em7      G                   D    D7   D7sus4
I'm not sure yet myself, but I learned from a good father
               Em/F#                Em  G                            D   Em7  G  D   Em7  G
Yeah, I mean, sure, they messed me up, but I think that's just the gig
 
        D                      Em7          G                 D     D7   D7sus4
And maybe it's just some hormones that kick in in your late twenties
           Em/F#           Em   G                         D   Em7  G
But I have laid a lot of women, now I'd like to just lay down
     D                      Em7         G              D       D7   D7sus4
And marriage always scared me, but I'd like to have a last love
    Em/F#             Em                G                     D   D7   D7sus4
And love can last a pretty good long while. I've seen it around
 
 
[Chorus]
          Em/F#  Em          G                  D   D7   D7sus4
Oh, can we be just like my parents when I was young?
           Em/F#  Em           G       D   Em7  G  D   Em7  G
Why can't we be just like my parents? Mmh
 
 
[Bridge]
D   Edim7   Bm   Em/F#  Em  G  G/A  Gm
 
 
    Em/F#              Em       G
So tongue out of my cheek now, I'm done pulling faces
  D                    Edim7
Iconoclasm wanes, my cynicism tires.
            Bm                            Em/F#               Em
But what do I know about forever, when so far I’ve been so fleeting?
           G                                      A7
Babe, my frontal lobe’s done growing, this might just be how I’m wired.
 
               Em/F#            Em        G
But now we're kissing before brushing, smile with our whole faces
        D                             Edim7
If you want a hyphen last name I guess I don't mind the cadence
      Bm                      Em/F#             Em
I've seen home videos, I was there back in the 80's
       G                                       A7
And if I'm just them, and they back then could do it, why can't I?
 
 
[Chorus]
Em            G              D  D7   D7sus4
Just like my parents in due time
         Em               G              D   Em7  G  D   Em7  G
Imagine me, just like my parents. Yeah, right!
 
 
[Outro]
       D                     Em7     G            D     D7  D7sus4
‘Cause I’ve made more mistakes than simple empty moments. Uohhh
     Em/F#            Em     G                       D   G
Each one as out of character as you know I tend to be
              D                       D7                                 G       Gm
There’ll be scalpers at the cemetery gates, with all my would-be widows weeping. Ohh
            Em/F#              Em   G                            D   Em7  G  D   Em7  G
I’d have forgotten all their names, so why should you remember me?
 
 
    D                  G                           D   D7   D7sus4
If we grow old together, will you talk to my headstone?
           Em                                    G                       D   G  G/A
That is assuming that I die first (which is fair), and assuming I don't leave
  D                     G                          D  D7   D7sus4
Close enough to forever, I guess, to prove what I hope
         Edim7        A7          D   Edim7   Bm   Em/F#  Em  G  G/A  Gm   D
I mean, otherwise how am I to believe?

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