Bend Joseph
Brandon Heath
RockMedium for beginners4 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
C
F
Am
G
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
Verse: C I am not my family tree F These are different leaves, you know Am There are miles and miles between G My roots and what I'm tryin' to grow C I am not the slave they sold F Nor am I royalty Am G worn them both The finest coat, C And rags that barely covered me Am But there's mercy in the soil F Mercy in the sun C Learnin' to forgive G What cannot be undone Am What was meant to harm F Can't harm you in the end C Stepped out on a limb I thought my break G But love said, Am F It will only bend C G It will only bend Verse: C I am not my past mistakes F Labeled by some place in time Am Nor am I a trophy case G Tryin' to maintain my shine C I have dreamed a thousand dreams F Watch a grain in famine grow Am I am not my family tree G I have branches of my own Bridge: C G Oh, Does fate resign us too? Am Find shelter for our wounds F Beneath the battered roof of broken dreams C G Oh, But I will choose to stand Am In the shadow of Your hand F And see what grows when grace has sown the seed (Slow Down Strum ) Am F C G Oh, oh, oh Am These are different leaves, you know F C G Oh, oh, oh
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Chord set
C · F · Am · G
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.