CHORDS: Rina Sawayama – Send My Love To John Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are Send My Love To John chords by Rina Sawayama on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Gm    A#  F    Gm  2x

[Verse 1]
  Gm            A#     
Cross the border in the
        F    Gm
 summer of \'73
                A#        
Left my mother to go after 
    F         Gm
the American Dream
    A#   F           Gm
Ooh, threw away my name
    A#     F            
Ooh, it\'s easier when it
   Gm
 sounds the same

[Verse 2]
            A#              F
All I ever wanted was for you 
             Gm
to have a better chance
                A#             
Go to college, find a good girl 
    F               Gm
that you take to a dance
Dm    Cm
Ooh
 Gm
Pictured you with her
Dm    Cm
Ooh
      Gm            G#
But that was never who you were

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[Chorus]
         D#     A#/D     F  
And I\'m sorry for the things 
        Gm
I\'ve done
   D#         A#/D      F     Gm
A misguided love to my only son
  D#           A#/D       
Trying to protect you, but 
  F       D/F#    Gm
I guess I was wrong
    D#           D#m   
So send my love, send my 
             Gm   A#    F    Gm
love to John

[Instrumental]
 Gm    A#  F    Gm  Gm  

[Verse 3]
 Gm             A#          
Saw the way the kids treated
     F           Gm
 you every day at school
                          A# 
I should\'ve blamed them, but 
            F              Gm
instead I hid behind the Bible\'s rules
Dm    Cm
Ooh
  Gm
Prayed to God above
Dm    Cm
Ooh
    Gm             G#
But all you needed was my love

[Chorus]
         D#     A#/D     F          Gm
And I\'m sorry for the things I\'ve done
   D#         A#/D      F     Gm
A misguided love to my only son
             D#                A#/D 
We had both had to leave our mothers
      F        D/F#     Gm
 to get the things we want
    D#           D#m    
So send my love, send my
            Dm    Cm    Gm
 love to John,
      Dm    Cm    Gm
Ooh, John

[Bridge]
       Cm                    
And I see that he takes care 
                 Dm
of you from the food he makes
                      D# 
He\'s there for you in all 
                    F
the ways I never was, ooh

[Chorus]
         D#     A#/D     F          Gm
And I\'m sorry for the things I\'ve done
   D#         A#/D      F     Gm
A misguided love to my only son
       D#               A#/D   
But I love to see you happy and 
   F           D/F#   Gm
right where you  belong
    D#           D#m    D#        
So send my love, oh, send my love, 
     D#m              Gm   A#    F    Gm
send my love to John

[Ending]
Gm    A#  F    Gm