PROTECTOR (ft Rumi Carter) - Beyonce, guitar chords

Published: 2024-04-01 14:54
Selection chords: Sarah Harris

Intro:

Mom, can I hear the lullaby, please?
G#  C#  G#  C#

Verse:
              G#
And there I was tangled up in marigold
       C#                                     G#
We were listening to the reverent children singing
        C#
(Sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing) Yeah
           G#
Humming low as the garden river flows
         C#                                 G#    C#
While the August light becomes a golden eveninʼ, yeah (Eveninʼ)

Chorus:
                    G#                                  C#
And I will lead you down that road if you lose your way.
                  G#       C#
Born to be a protector, mm-hmm
        D#m                                  C#
Even though I know someday youʼre gonna shine on your own
                   G#       C#  G#
I will be your projector, mmm, mm-hmm

Verse:
          G#
An apricot picked right off a given tree
     C#                                 G#          C#
I gave water to the soil and now it feeds me, yeah, y?ah (Yeah)
                 G#
And there you are, shaded underneath it all
    C#                                  G#   A#m      Fm
I feel proud of who I am, because you need me, yeah (Yeah)

Chorus:
                     G#         A#m          Cm       D#   C#
And I will lead you down that road if you lose your way..
                  G#           C#
Born to be a protector, —tor, mm
         D#m                                  C#
Even though I know some day youʼre gonna shine on your own
                   G#       C#  G#
I will be your projector, mm, mm-hm
              D#m                                A#m
And even though I know some day youʼre gonna shine on your own
                   G#     C#    G#
I will be your projector, projector, projector

G# C#

Bridge:
    G#                                      C#
I first saw your face in your fatherʼs gaze.
            G#                                  C#
Thereʼs a long line of hands carryinʼ your name, mm
G#                                  C#
  Liftinʼ you up, so you will be raised

Chorus:
       D#m                                   C#
Even though I know some day youʼre gonna shine on your own
                  G#       C#    G#
I will be your projector, yeah, yeah
           D#m                                    C#
And even though I know some day youʼre gonna shine on your own
                  G#                C#     G#
I will be your protector, born to be a protector

Outro:
G#  C#

  G#  C#  G#
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