Phoenix

Am                            Em       Am
I am your daughter carved out of your stone
     Am                           Em       Am
The seed that you dropped, marrow of your bone
Am               Em          Am
I am the one who asked no questions
   Am                C          F
Designed to love you unconditional


[Verse 2]

     Am                            G         F
I sprouted my shoots and I waited for your hands
   Am                                         F
I laid down my roots but the summer came and went
   Am                                     F
I looked to the sun, longed to feel your touch
    Am                  G     C        F
But you knew nothing of unconditional love


[Chorus]
       C               G      Am               F
And I rose up like a phoenix rose up from your ash
 C                    G            Am           F
You just turned your back and I'll never understand
  C             G      Am              F
Though I had no armor you just let me go
C         Am       G                        Am
Into the night to battle with your ghosts


[Verse 3]

Am
If I could go back there I'd be my own angel
                                            F
She won't buy you a mockingbird, she's incapable
   Am                                     G
So hush little baby and close your tired eyes
    Am                  G                 F
There are no answers so hush now hushabye


[Chorus]
       C               G      Am               F
And I rose up like a phoenix rose up from your ash
 C                    G            Am           F
You just turned your back and I'll never understand
  C             G      Am              F
Though I had no armor you just let me go
C         Am       G
Into the night to battle with your ghosts


[Verse 4]
      C              G
So I gathered up my sorrows
       Am              F
And I took them on my tongue
     C                  G
And sang them 'til the morning
          Am               F
When the sun came in so strong
   C                     Am
I sang them 'til the daybreak
                    G
And that's how I became strong