Protector chords by Beyoncé

• Difficulty: Beginner

🎸 Intro:

N.C.
Mom, can I hear the lullaby?
N.C.  F# B F# B
Please?


🎸 Verse 1:
      F#
And there I was, tangled up in marigold
    D#m                 F#
We were listenin' to the reverent children singin'
    D#m
(Sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing) Hm, yeah
    F#
Hummin' low as the garden river flows
   D#m                F#
While the August light becomes a golden evenin'
D#m
(Evenin') Yeah

🎸 Chorus:
          F#                Cmaj7
And I will lead you down that road if you lose your way
          F#    D#m
Born to be a protector, mm-hmm
   C#m                    B
Even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own
           F#
I will be your projector, mm, mm-hmm


🎸 Verse 2:
F#
An apricot picked right off a given tree
 D#m
I gave watеr to the soil
      F#        D#m
And now it feeds me, yeah, yеah (Yeah)
       F#
And there you are, shaded underneath it all
    D#m
I feel proud of who I am
      F#  G#m D#m
Because you need me, yeah (Yeah)


🎸 Chorus:
          F#           G#m    D#m
And I will lead you down that road if you lose your way (Uh)
        F#       D#m
Born to be a protector (—tor), mm
   C#m                    B
Even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own
         F#
I will be your projector, hm-mm
     C#m                    B
And even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own
           F#             D#m
I will be your projector, projector, projector


🎸 Bridge:
 F#                   D#m
I first saw your face in your father's gaze
     F#                 D#m
There's a long line of hands carryin' your name, mm
F#               D#m
Liftin' you up, so you will be raised


🎸 Chorus:
      C#m                B
Even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own
           F#
I will be your projector, hey-yeah
     C#m                    B
And even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own
           F#
I will be your protector, born to be a protector


🎸 Outro:
B F# D#m F#