Send 'Em on Down the Road
Garth Brooks
Man Against Machine
2014

Intro - G
  
           D
He didn't ask
          A/C#
He didn't pry
         Bm                A              G
He just held the ice that covered my black eye
             D                 A/C#
When that girl, she broke my heart
        Bm                                       G
We just threw that baseball back and forth till dark
        A                   D/F#-G
When I started playing guitar and didn't have a clue
Bm-A                       D/F#-G
   He wanted to protect me but somehow my father knew


             D
That you can cry for them
          A
Live and die for them
         Bm                              A       G
You can help them find their wings but you can't fly for them
           D                             A
Cause if they're not free to fall, then they're not free at all
                 Bm                           A        G
And though you just can't bear the thought of letting go
             D-D/C#-Bm        
You pick 'em up 
          D       A                     G
Dust 'em off, and Send 'Em on Down the Road


          D                  A/C#
Little kiss on a skinned up knee
              Bm                         A        G  
From playing soccer, riding bikes, and climbing trees
           D                   A/C#
When bad dreams, filled their heads
              Bm                                  G
I'd chase the monsters out from underneath their beds
A                            D/F#-G
Guess I always knew those days would end
Bm    -   A                           D/F#-G
Still the hardest thing I've ever learned has been


             D
That you can cry for them
          A
Live and die for them
         Bm                              A       G
You can help them find their wings but you can't fly for them
           D                             A
Cause if they're not free to fall, then they're not free at all
                 Bm                           A        G
And though you just can't bear the thought of letting go
             D-D/C#-Bm          
You pick 'em up 
            Em          A                    D  -  A/C# - Bm - (G - A)
You dust 'em off, and you Send 'Em on Down the Road


                 D 
You can cry for them
                 A
live and die for them
           Bm                                   A      G
And even though its gonna break your heart, you let em go
            D-D/C#-Bm          
You pick em up 
     D
You dust them off
              D-D/C#-Bm                        
You hold em close
           Em       A
And you pray to God
                          G ...
And Send 'Em on Down the Road