Reverend And The Makers - A Letter To My 21 Year Old Self Chords

[Verse 1]
Am
Tryna get famous
Am
Tryna make a work of art
Gmaj
Tryna be the greatest
Gmaj
So ya wanna be a music star
Fmaj
Well you should’a known better
Fmaj
Wish I could’a wrote letters
Em       Emaj
To my 21 year old self
 
[Verse 2]
Am
You don’t wanna do this
Am
Ya gonna quit the music biz
Gmaj
Imagining the hubris
Gmaj
In reckoning someone cares
Fmaj
But nobody’s forthcoming
Fmaj
Any port in a storm but it’s
Em          Emaj
Hard for my 21 year old self
 
[Pre Chorus]
Am
To tell ya not let such fears
Am
Dominate any o’ ya bestest years
Gmaj
Take care that your friends and peers
Gmaj
Don’t get near with the bags of gear
Fmaj
Nobody knew better
Fmaj
Nobody asked whether
Em                  Emaj
T’was good for my 21 year old self
 
[Chorus]
Am
Don’t say yes to everything
              Gmaj
And don’t concern yourself with what anyone thinks
         Fmaj
Maybe be kinder to yourself and know your worth
             Em                Emaj
Know when to leave, say sorry first
             Am
Don’t let ya heart get hardened
             Am
Trust that you’ll prevail
             Gmaj
And don’t be paralysed by the fear you’ll fail
             Fmaj
And don’t disguise ya feelings behind arrogance
                Em               Emaj
You can have it all but not all at once
 
[Verse 3]
Am
You don’t wanna do this
Am
Ya gonna quit the music biz
Gmaj
Imagining the hubris
Gmaj
In reckoning someone cares
Fmaj
But nobody’s forthcoming
Fmaj
Any port in a storm but it’s
Em          Emaj
Hard for my 21 year old self
 
[Pre Chorus]
Am
There wasn’t a career advice
Am
Truly the best and worst of times
Gmaj
One day it’ll be behind
Gmaj
You n’ I bet that ya might well find
Fmaj
That when it’s all better
Fmaj
God only knows whether
Em                Emaj
I’ll say to my 21 year old self
 
[Chorus]
Am
Don’t say yes to everything
              Gmaj
And don’t concern yourself with what anyone thinks
         Fmaj
Maybe be kinder to yourself and know your worth
             Em                Emaj
Know when to leave, say sorry first
             Am
Don’t let ya heart get hardened
             Am
Trust that you’ll prevail
             Gmaj
And don’t be paralysed by the fear you’ll fail
             Fmaj
And don’t disguise ya feelings behind arrogance
                Em                 Emaj
You can have it all but not all at once
 
[Instrumental]
Am Gmaj Fmaj Em Emaj
 
[Outro]
Am
Don’t say yes to everything
              Gmaj
And don’t concern yourself with what anyone thinks
         Fmaj
Maybe be kinder to yourself and know your worth
             Em                Emaj
Know when to leave, say sorry first