Dear Me

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[Verse 1]

C    G             D         G
Dear me, you'll be older one day
C                    G                 D      G
I'm writing from the future and you're doing ok
            C    G        D                 G 
I said now, dear me, hold on to what you've got
C                G                     D               G
Things are gonna change, but change is better than you thought

[Verse 2]

C      G               D                 G                C     G
Dear me, I know you're scared as hell of everything right now
              D                    G
But don't get lost in where you're going
    C   G             D                 G                 C              G
Dear me, you're gonna fall in love with the girl that you live next door to
             D              G
And you have no real way of knowing
C                       Bm
Don't know who you are, don't know who you are
Am                            G
Don't know who you are, but I know you're trying
C                       Bm
Don't know who you are, don't know who you are
Am                                 D
Don't know who you are, but you're multiplying

[Chorus]

C    G             D         G
Dear me, you'll be older one day
C                    G                 D      G
I'm writing from the future and you're doing ok
            C    G        D                 G 
I said now, dear me, hold on to what you've got
C                G                     D               G
Things are gonna change, but change is better than you thought
                  C             G             D            G
Said you're gonna get yourself, get yourself, get yourself together
             C             G             D            G
You're gonna get yourself, get yourself, get yourself together

[Verse 3]

C      G D                         G                        C     G
Dear me, don't keep people in your life that treat you like crap
                D             G
And don't lose sleep over em either
     C G D                              G               C      G
Dear me, never give up on the good that rests inside of you (ooh)
            D                G
And don't believe the non believers
C                    Bm
Gonna make mistakes, gonna make mistakes
Am                         G
Gonna make mistakes let em fall behind you
C                    Bm
Gonna make mistakes, gonna make mistakes
Am                            D
Gonna make mistakes, but they won't define you

[Chorus]

C    G             D         G
Dear me, you'll be older one day
C                    G                 D      G
I'm writing from the future and you're doing ok
            C    G        D                 G 
I said now, dear me, hold on to what you've got
C                G                     D               G
Things are gonna change, but change is better than you thought
                  C             G             D            G
Said you're gonna get yourself, get yourself, get yourself together
             C             G             D            G
You're gonna get yourself, get yourself, get yourself together

[Bridge 1]

C                           Bm
Take care of family and the ones you love
Am                       G
Put all your energy into human touch
C                Bm
Staying young is hard to do
   Am                                D                     C G D G         
So when life's getting serious, just don't take it so seriou-u-u-u-s
C   G     D     G
Ooh, oooh, oooh

[Chorus]

            C    G        D                 G 
I said now, dear me, hold on to what you've got
C                G                     D               G
Things are gonna change, but change is better than you thought
                  C             G             D            G
Said you're gonna get yourself, get yourself, get yourself together
             C             G             D            G
You're gonna get yourself, get yourself, get yourself together

[Bridge 2]

     C                G
Keep growing up, but don't get old
D                     G
Take care of what you can control
   C                    G
Respect the hearts that you will break
   D                  G
Forgive mistakes that you will make
   C            G
If I were you I would not care
     D                 G
When some old man says to beware
       C                          G
So you probably won't listen to a word I say
D                          G
probably won't listen to a word I say
C                         G
probably won't listen to a word I say
       D
You're doing ok
G
Dear me