Canaan Shiver

 

Intro

D             D             G             G             D             D             G             G

 

Verse

D             D             G             G             D             D             Em         G

 

Chorus

D             C             Em7      A             D             C             Em7      A

D             C             Em7      A             G             F#m/G Em         A

D             D             G             G             D             D             Em         G

 

years ago when momma put me on her shopping list

was she wondering if I’d be a risk

would I be something she could not resist

was she wondering if I’d be a risk

 

was momma ready for my violent cries

and unexpected things she’d find in my eyes

like a movie where the hero dies

the unexpected things she’d find in my eyes

 

and it makes me tremble

it makes me quiver

it stops my heart

like a canaan shiver

momma gave me life but

hey, I forgive her

how else could I have come to know

this canaan shiver

 

years ago when momma put me in her master plan

did she envision me as a modern man

when she held my little baby hand

did she imagine me as a modern man

 

momma told me stories of the past

so that I might learn about the things that last

now that the present’s fading fast

I’m looking down the road at the things that last

 

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