Jeff Dilbert - You Set The Bar Too High

Intro 

C    Am    F    G 


[Verso 1]


C 
Our parents we don't choose 
Am 
Perhaps that's by design 
F 
Two beautiful people 
G 
Much better combined 
C 
We grew up learning 
Am 
Tryting to find our paths 
F 
With Mom and Dad beside us 
G 
They weere the best in class 
C 
We doubt we had the measure 
    Am 
But parents never stop 
F 
They support us through and through 
G 
The best and worse that we go through 


[Refrão]

C 
You would think that we turned out perfect 
Em 
But you made one huge mistake 
Am 
Mom and Dad you were too damn good 
D 
You set the bar too high 
C 
We're not talking limbo height 
Em 
We're talking mountain top 
Am 
It doesn't matter how hard we try 
D 
You set the bar too high 


[Verso 2]


C 
Growing up we watched and learned 
Am 
Your parenting on display 
F 
Now here we are with kids our own 
G 
Fools to think we'd be you someday 
C 
Not to say we're bad patrents 
Am 
We certainly do our best 
F 
Our best is a poor imitation 
G 
Of the two that did it best 


[Refrão]

C 
You wiuld think that we turned out perfect 
Em 
But you made one huge mistake 
Am 
Mom and Dad you were too damn good 
D 
You set the bar too high 
C 
We're not talking limbo height 
Em 
We're talking mountain top 
Am 
It doesn't matter how hard we try 
D 
You set the bar too high 

G    C    Am    F    G 


[Verso 4]


C 
Mom we think of you every day 
Am 
We wonder how you knew 
F 
The right words, the right touch 
G 
The right time to be tough 
C 
It may have come naturally 
Am 
Nothing else makes sense 
F 
Love mixed with your southern charm 
G 
You were just too damn good 
C 
Dad you were amazing 
Am 
Amazing in every way 
F 
You set the standard 
G 
You set the standard high 
C 
The lessons you taught us 
Am 
Can never be repaid 
F 
A quiet man of great dignity 
G 
The patriarch of the family 


[Refrão]

C 
You would think that we turned out perfect 
Em 
But you made one huge mistake 
Am 
Mom and Dad you were too damn good 
D 
You set the bar too high 
C 
We're not talking limbo height 
Em 
We're talking mountain top 
Am 
It doesn't matter how hard we try 
D                          G 
You set the bar too high