Dear Younger Me

Dear younger me,

where do I start?

If (Em7)I could tell you ev'rything that I have learned so far,

then you could be

one step ahead

of all the painful memories still (Cmaj7)running through my head.

I (D)wonder how much diff'rent things would be.

Dear younger me.

(Cmaj7)Dear younger me,

I cannot decide:

do I (Em7)give some speech about how to (D)get the most out of your life,

or do I go deep

and try to change

the (Em7)choices that you'll make?

'Cause they're the choices that made me.

And (D)even though I love this crazy life,

(G)sometimes I wish it was a smoother ride.

Dear younger me.

Dear younger me.

(Am7)Ooh.

(Am7)Ooh.

(D)Oh, if I knew then what I know now,

the condemnation would've had no pow'r.

My (Am)joy, my pain would've (G)never been my worth.

If I knew then what I know now,

would've (D)not been hard to figure out what I would've changed if I had heard:

Dear younger me,

it's not your fault;

(Em7)you were never meant to carry this beyond the cross.

(G)Dear younger me.

(Cmaj7)You are holy, you are righteous,

you are one of the redeemed.

Set apart, a brandnew heart;

(Bm)oh, (Cmaj7)you are free indeed.

And ev'ry mountain, ev'ry valley, through each heartache you will see:

ev'ry moment brings you closer (Bm)to who (Cmaj7)you were meant to be.

Dear younger me,

yeah, younger me.

You are holy, you are righteous,

you are one of the redeemed,