Letting You Go

Intro
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Verse 1
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The nurse helped us buckle the seat in the car
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And they sent us on our way, I drove home so slow
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We had no instructions, the first days were hard
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But there's things about babies a woman just knows

Pre-Chorus
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Three in the morning I lay my hand over your heart just to know you were safe in your sleep
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When you started walking I fight back the urge to stay right there beside you and keep you on your feet

Chorus
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Being your daddy comes natural
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The roses just know how to grow
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It's easy to see that you'll get where you're going
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The hard part is letting you go
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The hard part is letting you go

Pre-Chorus
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It didn't take long to see you got the best of me and your momma's merciful heart in your eyes
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And helping her raise you has taught me to see through the great fog of loneliness, the devil's disguise

Chorus
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Being your daddy comes natural
    A                      E
The roses just know how to grow
     A                       E                A
It's easy to see that you'll get where you're going
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But the hard part is letting you go
    E            B           E
The hard part is letting you go

Verse 2
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And now you've decided to be someone's wife
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And we'll walk down the aisle and I'll give you away
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I wish I could walk with them back through your life to see
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Every last minute of every last day
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To hear your first words and to feel your first heartbreak
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To sing you to sleep when you're scared of the dark
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The best I can do is to let myself trust that you know who'll be strong enough to carry your heart

Chorus
A                        E
Being your daddy comes natural
    A                      E
The roses just know how to grow
     A                       E                A
It's easy to see that you'll get where you're going
        E            B           C#m
But the hard part is letting you go
         E       B           E
The hard part is letting you go