Pelican chords

The Maccabees

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A              A              A                   D     D 
 So soon we're, so soon we're, so soon we're too old to carry 
A           A           A                D     D 
 We knew we, we knew we, we knew we only had a little while 
A             A             A                   D            D 
 In the middle,in the middle,in the middle,just keep ticking over 
A                      A                       A 
 And Before you know it,and before you know it, and before you know it, 
D        D 
parent a parent 

A A A D D A A A D D 

A               A               A                   D          D 
 To have it all, to have it all, to have it all and still want more 
A                   A                    A                           D 
 One things for sure, one things for sure, one things for sure we're all     
        D 
getting older 
A                   A                   A                   D 
 So we take a lover, so we take a lover, so we take a lover waiting in the  
D 
corner 
A                   A                   A                   D 
 Before you know it, before you know it, before you know it pushing up the  
D 
daisies 

A A A D D A A A D D 

       A                     G 
And we go back to where we came from 
                       
 Like those before and those to come 
     C                        Em 
And know its the ever and the more 

And again and again and again 

A           A           A           D             D 
 In the end, in the end, in the end nothing comes easy 
A                  A                  A                     D 
 So you find a way, so you find a way, so you find a way to take a little  
D 
with you 
A                      A                      A                       D 
 For the ones you love, for the ones you love, for the ones you love, there  
        D 
if they need to 
A        A        A                D          D 
 Pharaoh, pharaoh, pharaoh they're not coming with you. 

A A A D D A A A D D 


       A                   G 
And we go back to where we came from 

 Like those before and those to come 
      C                       Em 
And know its the ever and the more 

And again and again and again 

A              A              A                  D      D 
 So soon we're, so soon we're, so soon we're too old to carry 
A           A        A                D     D 
 We knew we, knew we, we knew we only had a little while 
A              A              A                   D            D 
 In the middle, in the middle, in the middle,just keep ticking over 
A                       A                       A 
 And Before you know it, and before you know it, and before you know it, 
D        D 
parent a parent 

A A A D D A A A D D 
       A                     G 
And we go back to where we came from 

 Like those before and those to come 
      C                       Em 
And know its the ever and the more 

And again and again and again