Bre Baldwin - Reachable Technically

[Verso 1]
 
C 
I remember your anger before I knew its name 
G/B 
The cupboard shut too hard, then the whole house changed 
D 
I remember Mom crying by the sink 
Am 
I watched her face and tried not to think 

C 
You held me once; I was small enough to fit 
G/B 
I felt safe and frightened in the same bit of it 
D 
Maybe there was love beneath the way you disappeared 
Am 
Or maybe I made that part up because I needed it there 
 


[Refrão]
 
C 
I got your number when I turned twelve 
G/B 
Ten years missing, then a string of digits on a screen 
G 
I thought a phone could make a doorway 
D 
If I called, youd have to be somewhere I could reach 
Am 
But you dont call first, and I keep checking anyway 

C 
Youre not gone, just choosing not to say my name 
 


[Verso 2]
 
C 
When I was twelve, you said you and Mom agreed 
G/B 
That staying out of my life was best for me 
D 
I nodded like a child who understood 
Am 
Like absence was a kind of parenthood 

C 
Later Mom told me she had begged you to come 
G/B 
She said you knew the address, you knew where I was from 
D 
I dont know which version hurts more to hold 
Am 
The one you gave me, or the one I was never told 
 


[Ponte]
 
C 
I have your blue eyes and the creases at their sides 
D 
The same ones showing up when I laugh despite myself 
Em 
Sometimes I hear your temper in the back of my throat 
G 
And I hate how familiar that can feel 

C 
I didnt choose what crossed the distance 
D 
The hands, the eyes, the way I brace for blame 
Em 
But I can choose what I do with it 
G 
You left pieces of yourself without giving me your name  


[Refrão]

C 
I have your number, I know you can hear it ring 
G/B 
I can accept the man you are without erasing anything 
G 
But I still want you to call because you wanted to 
D 
Not because someone asked you to, not because you felt you should 
Am 
The phone stays quiet; I keep it close enough to hear 

C 
Youre still my father, and youre still not here 

Outro: 

C 
Maybe you loved me. Maybe that was true. 
Cmaj7 
I just wish youd call because you wanted to. 
Bm