PROTECTOR
Recorded by Beyonce & Rumi Carter
Album: COWBOY CARTER (2024)

(Capo on 1)

(Intro.)
|(G) / / / |(C) / / / |(G) / / / |(C) / /

(Verse 1)
And there I was, (G) tangled up in marigold
We were (Em) listenin' to the reverent children (G)singin'
(Sing, (Em)sing, sing, sing, sing, sing) Hm, yeah
Hummin' low (G) as the garden river flows
While the (Em) August light becomes a golden eve-(G)-nin’
(Evenin’) (Em) Yeah

(Chorus)
And I will lead you (G)down that road if you lose your way (C)
Born to be a protect-(G)or, mm-(Em)hmm
Even (Dm)though I know someday you're gonna shine (C)on your own
I will be your pro-(G)jector, mm, mm, mm

(Verse 2)
An apricot (G) picked right off a given tree
I gave (Em) watеr to the soil
And now it (G)feeds me, (Em) yeah, yеah (Yeah)
And there you are, (G) shaded underneath it all
I feel (Em)proud of who I am
Because you (G)need me, yeah (Am) (Yeah) (Em)

(Chorus)
And I will lead you (G)down that (Am)road if you lose your (Em)way (Uh)
Born to be a protect-(G)or (—tor), mm (Em)
Even (Dm)though I know someday you're gonna shine (C)on your own
I will be your pro-(G)jector, hm-mm
And even (Dm)though I know someday you're gonna shine (C)on your own
I will be your pro-(G)jector, projector, projector (C) (G)
 
(Bridge)
I (G)first saw your face in your father's gaze (Em)
There's a (G)long line of hands carryin' your name, (Em) mm
(G) Liftin' you up, so you will be (Em)raised

(Chorus)
Even (Dm)though I know someday you're gonna shine (C)on your own
I will be your project-(G)or, hey, yeah
And even (Dm)though I know someday you're gonna shine (C)on your own
I will be your pro-(G)tector, born to be a protector

(Outro.)
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