Song: Michaelâs Song
Artist: Mason Jennings
Tuning: Half Step Down
Another tab from Mason s new album, The Flood. The whole album is amazing and I will try
to tab through it when I find the time... Here is one of the most simple on the album
though. No complicated picking or anything, just simple chord strumming patterns. Listen
to the song to help figure it out! Please comment with any suggestions.
Intro:
Up in the Midwest in cold Minnesota
Eighteen years from here if you go by the roads
Lived a man from Columbus, Ohio
Heâs been my father since a long time ago, he said
Iâll stay behind you, Iâll stay behind you
Iâll stay behind you son of mine
Iâll stay behind you, Iâll stay behind you
Iâll stay behind you till the day I die
And I remember days and days and days spent in Harmony
Christmas day spent in white Oak Park
All those brown bags of a dollarâs worth of candy
I saw from Rappâs seat than Rapp ever saw, he said
Iâll stay behind you, Iâll stay behind you
Iâll stay behind you son of mine
Iâll stay behind you, Iâll stay behind you
Iâll stay behind you till the day I die
I havenât seen you much since I was twelve years old
I donât suppose Iâll see you much on the rest of the road
And you should know that I miss you often
I miss your lap as much as you miss your motherâs, and
Iâll stay behind you, Iâll stay behind you
Iâll stay behind you son of mine
Iâll stay behind you, Iâll stay behind you
Iâll stay behind you till the day I die
I wonder if you picture me as Sygneâs âRiders To The Seaâ
Sometimes you wonder if I come out alive
Well, up jumped dingo he was grinning like whatever
I may stray far but Iâll be back by five, he said
Iâll stay behind you, Iâll stay behind you
Iâll stay behind you son of mine
Iâll stay behind you, Iâll stay behind you
Iâll stay behind you son of mine
Iâll stay behind you, Iâll stay behind you
Iâll stay behind you son of mine
Iâll stay behind you, Iâll stay behind you
Iâll stay behind you till the day I die