PROTECTOR (ft Rumi Carter) - Beyonce, ukulele chords

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

Intro:

Mom, can I hear the lullaby, please?
F#  B  F#  B

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

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

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

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

F# B

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

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

Outro:
F#  B

  F#  B  F#
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