G - D/F# - Em - C - D

::Verse #1::
G                                 D/F#
Sister’s got her baby now and I’m glad for what she did
        Em                               
But her older one’s in trouble, man I really love that kid
 C                            D
Maybe he could live here, for us it would be nice
     C                                  D
He needs some time to grow up, needs a father in his life


::Verse #2::
G                      D/F#
Me I guess I’m lucky, mine have almost grown
       Em                                              
It’s amazing what they turn into from a seed that we have sown
    C                               D
I remember nights just lying there, worrying a while
   C                             D
I look across the room now, and I see them and I smile


::Verse #3::
G                              D/F#
All we ever want at night’s our families to be safe
       Em        
So we hold their hands and pick them up until they take their place
      C                            D
We know that there’s no promises, no no guarantees
         C                              D
So we pray and pray and pray at night whatever will be will be


::Pre-Chorus::
C   Em/B   C           D     C     Em/B  C              D               
Oh look at it coming down, making a mess of this whole town

And I think that I know why


::Chorus::
G                                          D/F#                    
Everyone watched the wedding, two people in love
                Em
Two people whose blessing comes from higher up above
       D                   C                    D
They’re not like you and me, they were destined to be
                           G                    D/F#
Oh everyone watched the wedding, couldn’t get enough
                Em                            
At least for one moment we were right there up above
          D                    C                                 D
Looking down on all the royal fuss Monday we were back upon the bus
 C                                       D
Driving through the neighbourhoods and factories that are us
      C                                   D
That one day, hope was all that we could see
                      G   D/F#    Em 
And they looked so beautiful to me
                           C
Hope was all that we could see
                    D           G
And they looked so beautiful to me

::Interlude::
G - D/F# - Em - D - C - D

::Verse #4::
    G                           D/F#
Oh sister I am tapped out, this month is really bad
         Em 
Can you hold on through May and then I’ll give you what I have
C                        D
Everything is going up, business going down
         C                                 D
I’ve been through this so many times it always comes around


::Verse #5::
      G                       D/F#
My brother he’s a charmer, a snake with a silver tongue
     Em                         
Sometimes he up and disappears and we don’t know where he’s gone
      C                     D
My mother she’s a fighter, always made her way
      C                         D
She can’t believe she worries about us all to this day


::Verse #6::
G                    D/F#
Me I just keep going, guess that I’ll be fine
      Em 
But I can’t believe I keep my head above the waterline
         C                         D
Some people round here want to get rich and run away
         C                                 D
That’s not for me no, I’ve got so many reasons to stay


::Pre-Chorus::
C   Em/B   C         D       C     Em/B  C           D               
Oh look at it coming down, making a mess of this damn town

And I think that I know why


::Chorus::
G                                D/F#                    
Everyone watched the wedding, two people in love
                   Em
Two people whose blessing comes from higher up above
           D            C                         D
They’re not like you and me, they were destined to be
                           G                    D/F#
Oh everyone watched the wedding, couldn’t get enough
                Em                            
At least for one moment we were right there up above
             D                 C                              D
Looking down on all the royal fuss Monday we were back upon the bus
 C                                       D
Driving through the neighbourhoods and factories that are us
     C                               D
That knowing all our lives will never be
                  G   D/F#    Em 
But they looked so beautiful to me
                        C
All our lives will never be
                      D        G
But they looked so beautiful to me