Mason Jennings - Michaels Song

song : michaels song
artist : mason jennings
tuning : half step down

another tab from mason’s new album , the flood . the whole album is amazing and i will try
to tab through it when i find the time . . . here is one of the most simple on the album
though . no complicated picking or anything , just simple chord strumming patterns . listen
to the song to help figure it out! please comment with any suggestions .

intro :
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up in the midwest in cold minnesota
E A B
eighteen years from here if you go by the roads
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lived a man from columbus , ohio
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hes been my father since a long time ago , he said

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ill stay behind you , ill stay behind you
E A
ill stay behind you son of mine
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ill stay behind you , ill stay behind you
E B
ill stay behind you till the day i die

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and i remember days and days and days spent in harmony
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christmas day spent in white oak park
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all those brown bags of a dollars worth of candy
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i saw from rapps seat than rapp ever saw , he said

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ill stay behind you , ill stay behind you
E A
ill stay behind you son of mine
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ill stay behind you , ill stay behind you
E B
ill stay behind you till the day i die

E A B E A B
E A B E A B
E A
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i havent seen you much since i was twelve years old
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i dont suppose ill see you much on the rest of the road
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and you should know that i miss you often
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i miss your lap as much as you miss your mothers , and

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ill stay behind you , ill stay behind you
E A
ill stay behind you son of mine
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ill stay behind you , ill stay behind you
E B
ill stay behind you till the day i die

E A B
i wonder if you picture me as sygnes riders to the sea
E A B
sometimes you wonder if i come out alive
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well , up jumped dingo he was grinning like whatever
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i may stray far but ill be back by five , he said

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ill stay behind you , ill stay behind you
E A
ill stay behind you son of mine
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ill stay behind you , ill stay behind you
E A
ill stay behind you son of mine
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ill stay behind you , ill stay behind you
E A
ill stay behind you son of mine
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ill stay behind you , ill stay behind you
E B
ill stay behind you till the day i die

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