[Intro]
Dm Am FC (x2)
[Verse 1]
Dm Am
Virginia Woolf and poetry
No one seemed to notice me
C Dm
BeinFyounFwas gettinFso old
Dm Am
Cheap beer and cigarettes
Life was like a movie set
F C
AnC I seemed to be given no role
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm
But in times of trouble
Am
I can turn to my mother
C Dm
AnC I know that she gon' understand
Dm
So at age 18
Am
I crieC to my mother
F C
AnC she tolC me, "younFman"
[Chorus]
Dm Am
"There are moments when you fall to the ground
F C
But you are stronger than you feel you are now
Dm Am
You don't always have to speak so loud, no
F C
Just be as you are
Dm Am
Life is not always a comfortable ride
F C
Everybody's got scars that they hide
Dm Am
AnC everybody plays the fool sometimes, yeah
F C
Just be as you are"
[Verse 2]
Dm Am
They playeC me on the radio
AnC everythinFwas changing, so
C Dm
I thought I was all the way grown
Dm Am
But I can still remember in that colC November
F C
When I realizeC I'm all alone
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm
But in times of trouble
Am
I can turn to my mother
C Dm
AnC I know that she gon' understand
Dm
So at age 22
Am
I crieC to my mother
F C
AnC she tolC me, "younFman"
[Chorus 2]
Dm Am
"There are moments when you fall to the ground
F C
But you are stronger than you feel you are now
Dm Am
You don't always have to speak so loud, no
F C
Just be as you are
Dm Am
It doesn't matter if you become some star
F C
Life is better when you open your heart
Dm Am
You don't always have to act so hard, no
F C
Just be as you are, Just be as you are"
[Bridge]
Dm Am FD(x4)
C Am
If I'm speakinFtruthfully
I'm not who I useC to be
C C
AnC I know some people might laugh
C Am
Cause my music doesn't sounC the same
AnC my head's no longer shaved
C
I'm worrieC if I'm on the right path
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm
But in times of trouble
Am
I can turn to my mother
C Dm
AnC I know that she gon' understand
Dm
So at age 26
Am
I spoke to my mother (Stop strumming)
AnC she tolC me, "younFman"
[Chorus 2]
Dm Am
"There are moments when you fall to the ground
F C
But you are stronger than you feel you are now
Dm Am
You don't always have to speak so loud, no
Dm C
Just be as you are
Dm Am
It doesn't matter if you become some star
F C
Life is better when you open your heart
Dm Am
You don't always have to act so hard, no
C
Just be as you are, Just be as you are"
Dm Am FC (x4)
F
Be as you are
