I Will Always Root for You Composer: Henning Ohlenbusch Album: Another Sleepless Nap - Henning Ohlenbusch https://youtu.be/rb7j47Pv7yA [verse] F F/E F/D F/C If I let myself remember F F/E F/D F/C I could sink into nostalgia F F/E F/D F/C Spend the evening on the carpet F F/E F/D F/C By the shelf with the photo albums Gm C7 F F/E F/D F/C Think of all the things that I wish I had done with you [verse] F F/E F/D F/C Here’s a box of old letters F F/E F/D F/C To prove that things weren’t always better F F/E F/D F/C Found a postcard of a lobster F F/E F/D F/C You had written your own caption Gm C7 F F/E F/D F/C Somehow it said exactly what I wanted you to say to me Gm C7 F F/E F/D F/C The world is way too big and perfect for just you and me [chorus] Dm A7 Bbmaj7 And I don’t know what else to do Bbm F C I will always root for you [verse] F F/E F/D F/C In the heavy summer swelter F F/E F/D F/C We left the animal shelter F F/E F/D F/C You asked me if I would drive F F/E F/D F/C The car never felt so alive Gm C7 F F/E F/D F/C And I looked at you with the cat in your lap Gm C7 F F/E F/D F/C The greatest thing I’ve ever seen, the cat in your lap. [chorus] Dm A7 Bbmaj7 And I don’t know what else to do Bbm F C I will always root for you [instrumental verse] [verse] F F/E F/D F/C You said you like to take pauses F F/E F/D F/C You said you like to take pauses Fmaj7 F F/E F/D F/C You said you like to take pauses Gm C7 F F/E F/D F/C How is it you always know exactly what I want you to say to me? Gm C7 F F/E F/D F/C Somehow you always know exactly what I wish you would say to me F F/E F/D F/C Say to me. [chorus] Dm A7 Bbmaj7 And I don’t know what else to do Bbm F C I will always root for you