Biography:
The National Parks are an Indie Folk band formed in Provo, Utah and made up of Brady Parks (Denver, CO) on guitar, kick drum and vocals, Sydney MacFarlane (Kaysville, UT) contributing vocals, keyboard, tambourine and glockenspiel, and Bae Sorenson (Salt Lake City, UT) adding violin and vocal harmonies. The trio’s energetic live performances have backed up the success of their album and have drawn comparisons to bands like The Lumineers, Of Monsters and Men, and Mumford & Sons.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Verse 1]
E B C#m
I found you in the summer heat, of 1953
B G#m E C#m
Wise words from your father said
B G#m C#m
"I know that boy's your brothers friend
B F# E
But I don't think he keeps comin' round for him"
B A
Again and again and again
[Verse 2]
F# E
I had to swim away
C#m B F#m E
Semper Fi but I'll be back someday
B F#m E
I'll take you by the hand and say
B A (B)
Be mine, be mine, be mine
[Chorus]
E C#m A
And if someday, you grow tired and your memory fades
E C#m A
It's alright, I will never leave your side
E A F#m G#m A
And oh when it's time, you can come find me
F# G#m E
In 1953
[Verse 3]
C#m
Leave New York and see the country side
B F#m E
Little city and a bigger life
C#m B E
Watch it grow into a thousand eyes
C#m B A
It's ours, it's ours, it's ours
C#m B A
Oh It's ours, it's ours, it's ours
[Chorus]
E C#m A
And if someday, you grow tired and your memory fades
E C#m A
It's alright, I will never leave your side
E A F#m G#m A
And oh when it's time, you can come find me
F#m G#m A
In 1953
[Bridge]
E
It's written in the gold rain
C#m
Passed down the light
E
Hangin' in the branches
C#m
You see it in their eyes
E
Pressed in the concrete
C#m
Where we used to reside
B A B
It's larger than life
[Chorus]
E C#m A
And if someday, you grow tired and your memory fades
E C#m A
It's okay, and when my heart gives away
E C#m A
It’s alright, I will never leave your side
E A F#m G#m A
And oh when it's time, Just come find me
F#m G#m A
In 1953
E B C#m
I found you in the summer heat, of 1953
B G#m E C#m
Wise words from your father said
B G#m C#m
"I know that boy's your brothers friend
B F# E
But I don't think he keeps comin' round for him"
B A
Again and again and again
[Verse 2]
F# E
I had to swim away
C#m B F#m E
Semper Fi but I'll be back someday
B F#m E
I'll take you by the hand and say
B A (B)
Be mine, be mine, be mine
[Chorus]
E C#m A
And if someday, you grow tired and your memory fades
E C#m A
It's alright, I will never leave your side
E A F#m G#m A
And oh when it's time, you can come find me
F# G#m E
In 1953
[Verse 3]
C#m
Leave New York and see the country side
B F#m E
Little city and a bigger life
C#m B E
Watch it grow into a thousand eyes
C#m B A
It's ours, it's ours, it's ours
C#m B A
Oh It's ours, it's ours, it's ours
[Chorus]
E C#m A
And if someday, you grow tired and your memory fades
E C#m A
It's alright, I will never leave your side
E A F#m G#m A
And oh when it's time, you can come find me
F#m G#m A
In 1953
[Bridge]
E
It's written in the gold rain
C#m
Passed down the light
E
Hangin' in the branches
C#m
You see it in their eyes
E
Pressed in the concrete
C#m
Where we used to reside
B A B
It's larger than life
[Chorus]
E C#m A
And if someday, you grow tired and your memory fades
E C#m A
It's okay, and when my heart gives away
E C#m A
It’s alright, I will never leave your side
E A F#m G#m A
And oh when it's time, Just come find me
F#m G#m A
In 1953
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