Tide chords

[INTRO]
[Dm] [F] [Dm] [F]

[VERSE]
[Dm]In the clutter of my news feed
There's a [F]note sent to me reading rest in peace.
[Dm]From a distant relative of mine,
I [F]clicked the link as I rolled my eyes.
[C]Don't know why they thought I'd give a damn in the [Dm]first place.
[C]Probably just some name I ain't heard in a [Dm]decade.
[Dm]I almost didn't recognize
The [F]worn out face and deep blue eyes.
[Dm]As the same ones that would sit outside
My [F]window when daddy would tan my hide.
[C]Then find a way to make me laugh with a [Dm]funny face.
[C]Bobby was my first best friend in the [Dm]third grade.

[CHORUS]
[F]Oh[C] life fli[G]es by
[F]And we're just a[C]long for the [G]ride.
[F]Been so busy [C]fussin and fighting[G] , to realize the water is rising [F]
And you can't [C]hold back the [G]tide.

[VERSE]
[Dm]Took a trip down memory lane,
As I [F]scrolled through the faces and read through the names.
[Dm]His cousin was a big ol' boy
[F]Whoopin my ass seemed to bring him joy.
[C]His sister was the finest thing I had [Dm]ever seen.
[C]And I did my damndest to get her to [Dm]notice me.
[Dm]Time is gonna catch us all
e[F]ventually from grace we fall
[Dm]I softly chuckled to myself
at the [F]changes in those who aint aged so well.
[C]A sober reflection appeared turning [Dm]off my screen,
[C]Grays sprouting in my beard and some cr[Dm]ows feet.

[CHORUS]
[F]Oh[C] life fli[G]es by
[F]And we're just a[C]long for the [G]ride.
[F]Been so busy [C]fussin and fighting[G] , to realize the water is rising [F]
And you can't [C]hold back the [G]tide.

[VERSE]
[Dm]Baby girl climbed in my lap
Said d[F]addy who's that in the photograph?
[Dm]Two boys in baseball caps
I said the [F]freckle faced one right there's your dad.
[C]I thought about my old friend as she f[Dm]ell asleep.
[C]A couple different chiices and it coulda b[Dm]een me.
[Dm]Took her and her momma to the beach,
Felt the [F]warmth of the water wash over my feet.
[Dm]Spent the day on our knees and hands
making the [F]prettiest castles and words in the sand.
[C]Then watched it all wash away as I r[Dm]ealized.
[C]Noone would even know they existed by su[Dm]nrise.