Tom: F#
Intro: Dm Bb F C
Dm Bb
I've been an ace girl
F C
Offering much, grumbling low
Dm Bb
And I gave all, all that was asked of me
F C
When order was slow and vision was unrelenting
Dm Bb
I never stopped long enough
F C
To swim against the tides of old
Dm Bb
And I was single-minded too much
F C
To look toward this new true north
So now
F C
Permission to be
Dm
Permission to slow
Bb F
And do the only things that matter to me
C
The freedom to flow
Dm
To where genuine flows
Bb
And do the only things that matter to me
Dm Bb
And sure, I've had my fun
F
Played with my roles
C
With time for a break hard-won
Dm Bb
But then after a while
F
So much done by rote
C
No longer by inspiration
Dm Bb
I've never stopped long enough
F C
To see whose was this blind ambition
Dm Bb
And I was not sanctioned to stop
F C
And realize whose was this old mission
So now
F C
Permission to be
Dm
Permission to slow
Bb F
And do the only things that matter to me
C
The freedom to flow
Dm
To where genuine flows
Bb
And do the only things that matter to me
C Dm C
With this space by the dropping of weights
Bb C
This license to obey
Dm C
With this time really wait
So now
F C
Permission to be
Dm
Permission to slow
Bb F
And do the only things that matter to me
C
The freedom to flow
Dm
To where genuine flows
Bb
And do the only things that matter to me
F C Dm
Oh, oh, oh, ooh, oh, oh, oh, ohh
Bb F
The simple things that matter to me
C Dm
Oh, oh, oh, ooh, oh, oh, oh, ohh
Bb F
The simple things that matter to me
