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 'em
          A
live and die for 'em
             Bm              D/F#                 G
You can help them find their wings but you can’t fly for 'em
           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 'em
          A
live and die for 'em
          Bm                   D/F#               G
You can help them find their wings but you can’t fly for 'em 
           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 'em
        A
live and die for 'em
           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 a lot

Send em on down the road

[INTRO] 
N.C
Down the road