[Intro ]
D     G  2x 

             D 
He didn’t ask 
             A 
He didn’t pry 
         Bm                D/F#             G 
He just held the ice that covered my black eye 
             D                  A 
When that girl, she broke my heart 
        Bm                   D/F#                    G 
We just threw that baseball back and forth till dark 
        A                       D/F#   G 
When I started playing guitar, and didn’t have a clue 
        A                       D/F#   G 
He wanted to protect me, but somehow my father knew 

Chorus 
        D 
That you can cry for  
               A 
live and die for  
             Bm              D/F#                 G 
You can help them find their wings but you can’t fly for  
           D                             A 
Cause if they’re not free to fall, then they’re not free at all 
                  Bm               D/F#                G 
And though you just can’t bear the thought of letting go 
        D             A 
Pick em up…. dust em off.. and Send Em on Down The Road 

INTRO AGAIN 

verse 2 
          D                    A 
Little kiss, on a skinned up knee 
              Bm              D/F#                G   
From playing soccer, riding bikes, and climbing trees 
           D                  A 
When bad dreams, fill their heads 
             Bm                 D/F#                 G 
I chase the monsters out from underneath their beds 
        A                   D/F#   G 
Guess I always knew those days, would end 
        A                       D/F#   G 
But the hardest thing I’ve ever learned has been… 

Chorus 

        D 
That you can cry for  
                  A 
live and die for  
          Bm                   D/F#               G 
You can help them find their wings but you can’t fly for  
           D                             A 
Cause if they’re not free to fall, then they’re not free at all 
                 Bm                D/F#           G 
And though you just can’t bear the thought of letting go 
        D       A 
Pick em up…. dust em off.. and Send Em on Down The Road 

Solo 

D   A    Bm   D/F#    G 

        D 
That you can cry for  
        A 
live and die for  
           Bm   D                     D/F#         G 
And even though its gonna break your heart, you let em go 
        D       A 
Pick em up…. dust em off..  
              D                         G 
You Hold em close…  and you pray to God 

Send em on down the road 

INTRO X1 
Down the road 

INTRO PT2