[Intro] D E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-0-----2---4-----|-----------------|-7-----5---4---5-|---4-------------| A|---------------2-|---2---0-0-------|-----------------|-------5---0---2-| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G D E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-------5---4---0-|-0---------------|-----------------| A|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| [Verse] D Well, my flesh and blood get the best of me But there's a darkness running deeply G Through their veins D Can see me in their eyes D My flesh and blood walk tall and strong But I know when they're sad G Sometimes that they get scared D And it can make them blind [Pre-Chorus] Bm You see I tried to teach them how to swim G D Through waters deep so they won't drown Bm To keep their heads up high G A 'Cause that same water, used to drag me down [Chorus] D My flesh and blood and skin and bone My hopes and dreams and love G I cared for you A I had to make it through N.C. D My flesh and blood for you [Interlude] (repeat intro melody) |(D) |D |D |D | |G |G |D |D [Verse] D Well, my flesh and blood, they're not on their own 'Cause I'm walking right beside them G All the way D I won't let them stray D My flesh and blood have the world laid out G In front of them but the path gets hard to find D But that won't stop them trying [Pre-Chorus] Bm I know the fear is there inside my heart G D And it blocks the way inside them too Bm They're gonna have to work it out G A It's the one thing that I could never do [Chorus] D My flesh and blood and skin and bone My hopes and dreams and love G I cared for you D It's all that I could do D My flesh and blood and sweat and toil G And endless days, no sleep at all it's true A I had to make it through N.C. D My flesh and blood for you [Interlude] (repeat intro melody) |(D) |D |D |D | |G |G |D |D [Verse] D My flesh and blood, I can see the light G Of a new sunrise when I look into their eyes D And I know that they'll get by D My flesh and blood have the world laid out Right in front of them G And their hearts will be their guides D G And take it in their stride [Chorus] D My flesh and blood and skin and bone My hopes and dreams and love G I cared for you D It's all that I could do D My flesh and blood and sweat and toil G An endless state, no sleep at all it's true A I had to make it through D My flesh and blood for you [Outro] D (Flesh and blood and skin and bone) Oh-oh You (My hopes and dreams and love I cared for you) G Oh, my flesh and blood D Yeah, my flesh and blood Yeah, my flesh and blood D (My flesh and blood and sweat and toil) My flesh and blood G (And endless days, no sleep at all) Oh-oh-oh-oh D My flesh and blood