I Made A Resolution

[B] [B]

[B]well I woke up this morning
and I made a resolution,
I said "[E]never going to sing another sad song again[B]."
I decided I'd admit it,
I'm not an intellectual,
though the [E]words never come easy unless I'm singing them[B],
and the [C#m]hills that I was born in will never leave me[B] no matter how hard I try.

[B]and then my brother was murdered
while my father was in prison,
and the g[E]irl that I sometimes loved up and moved aw[B]ay,
and my body filled up with blackness, and the darkness it wanted to drown me,
and I h[E]eard my father's footsteps catching up to me[B],
and h[C#m]e took me by the shoulders and he said "so[Ebm]n, my hands are strong, but I
h[E]ope you have the strength to shake us[B] free,
[E]shake us fr[B]ee boy, [E]shake us free[B] my son, [E]you better shake us fre[B]e."

[B]and now I'm lying in the van,
chicago in the springtime,
and the r[E]ain outside was falling sounds just like popco[B]rn,
but before I open my eyes I think I make this resolution,
"no I'm n[E]ever gonna sing another sad song for as lo[B]ng as I live"
and the li[C#m]ght coming through the windows is making ev[B]erything glow
and he too[C#m]k me by the shoulders and he said "so[Ebm]n my hands are strong, but I
ho[E]pe you have the strength to shake us f[B]ree,[E] shake us fr[B]ee, [E]shake us free[B],
 sh[E]ake us free my[B] son."
[E]I made a resolution[B]
I made a resolution
I made a resolution
I made a resolution

Mel.