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
        Dm                                  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   Am      Em
I feel proud of who I am, because you need me, yeah (Yeah)

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