Joe Nichols

The Impossible

Joe Nichols


Tom: F#m

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My dad chased monsters from the dark and checked underneath my bed,
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And he could lift me with one arm way up over top his head.
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He could loosen rusty bolts with a quick turn of his wrench,
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He pulled splinters from his hand and never even flinched.
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In 13 years I'd never seen him cry, 
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But the day that grandpa died, I realized.

[Chorus]
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Unsinkable ships sink,
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Unbreakable walls break,
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Sometimes the things you think would never happen
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Happen just like that.
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Unbendable steel bends,
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If the fury of the wind is unstoppable.
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I've learned to never underestimate
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 The impossible.

[Verse 2]
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Then there was my junior year, Billy had a brand new car.
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It was late the road was wet, I guess the curve was just too sharp.
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I walked away without a scratch, they brought the helicopter in,
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Billy couldn't feel his legs, they said he'd never walk again.
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But Billy said he would and his mom and daddy prayed,
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And the day we graduated, he stood up to say:

[Instrumental]
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[Bridge]
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So don't tell me that its over,
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Don't give up on you and me.
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'Cause there's no such thing as hopeless,
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If you believe...