VerseI'm on a Dstage right now
And it's Gwild that it's Dme they're here to listen to
And Anot some other fGool
You're back in Dmy hometown
I've been mGeaning to call you up and ask what yAou've been doing
I bet cleaning out tGhe pool
You Gbelieved in me when Dno one did
You'll Aalways have a Bmpart of this
Deep Gdown I'm just a lDittle kid hopAing I make you proudChorusI've been Dstanding on your shoulders
AFor my whole life
Wasn't 'til I Bmstarted getting older
That I Gstarted realizing
All the Dways you made a way for me
And tAhings you sacrificed
I'm up Bmhere 'cause I've been standing on your Gshoulders
For my whole liDfePost-ChorusAMy whole BmlifeG.
Verse 2It shouldn't BmbeAthis Dhard
To Gtell someone the Dpart they played in mAaking you
Guess that's why we Gnever do
So I wrBmotetAhis dDown
It ain't Ghalf of what I'd rDeally like to say to Ayou
But it'll hGave to do
You had a Dquiet steady confidence
You saAid it without D/F#saying it
GDays and years and bDrick-by-brick you Asaid I made you proudChorusI've been Dstanding on your shoulders
AFor my whole life
Wasn't 'til I Bmstarted getting older
That I Gstarted realizing
All the Dways you made a way for me
And tAhings you sacrificed
I'm up Bmhere 'cause I've been standing on your Gshoulders
For my whole liDfePost-ChorusAMy whole Bmlife
I've been Gstanding on your shoulders my whole DlifeABmG.
BridgeBmIn your rolled-up sleeves
You did the best you could
GYou saw the best in me and that's Amore than I could ask for
DEmA
ChorusI've been Dstanding on your shoulders
AFor my whole life
BmIt took getting older
That I Gstarted realizing
All the Dways you made a way for me
And tAhings you sacrifF#7iced
I'm up Bmhere 'cause I've been standing on your Gshoulders
For my whole liDfePost-ChorusAMy whole Bmlife
I've been Gstanding on your shoulders my whole DlifeA.
My whole lBmifeGD.