Daedalus

Verse 1
E G E G
Son, I know you’re eager now to leave this house I built for you – there are
E G A C E G
Hills to be king of in places I never knew oh, but
E G E G
Son, before you take that leap into the thin, thin air remember please: you might
E G A C E
Not fly as high as you thought you could, but I don’t measure you by such degrees

Chorus
C E D G
There is room to fly under the sun, over the sea, and if you
E D C
Want to soar, don’t do it for me

Solo over verse progression

Verse 2
E G E G
have I told you son, what it’s like to be the son of a man always first among his company
E G A C E G
Never weak, and he expects the same of the boy who sits upon his knee
E G E G
That boy, he grows up and tries to be the man his father needs him to be
E G A C E
Of course he fails, but not before he learns how to set his own son free

Chorus x2
C/E D G
To fly under the sun over the sea (and if you…)
E D C
Want to soar, don’t do it for me
C E D G E D C
And together we’ll fly under the sun , over the sea, and if you want to soar, then soar
G
But don’t do it for me
C
But don’t do it for me
G
But don’t do it for me
C
But don’t do it for me