Chords:
Bm x24432
A x02220 or 577655
G 320003 or 355433
F# 244322
D xx0232 or x57775
C x32013 or x35553
Am x02210
Bm A G F#
Intro: (x2)
Bmi A G F#, Bmi
Once upon a time there was a girl
A G F#, Bmi
In her early years she had to learn
A G F# Bmi
How to grow up living in a war that she called home
A G F#
Never know just where to turn for shelter from the storm
G Bmi
Hurt me to see the pain across my mother's face
G F#
Everytime my father's fist would put her in her place
G Bmi
Hearing all the yelling I would cry up in my room
G F#
Hoping it would be over soon
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G D
Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same
G D
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid
G D
Strength is my mother for all the love she gave
A G
Every morning that I wake I look back to yesterday
Bmi A, G, F#
And I'm OK
I often wonder ........................
When it's you that helped ........................
Shadows stir at night ........................
The echo of a broken ........................
Daddy, don't you ........................
To you it's just a memory,........................
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Bruises fade father, ........................
And I still remember ........................
Strength is my mother ........................
Every morning that ........................
C Bmi Ami
It's not so easy to forget
C Bmi Ami
All the marks you left along her neck
C Bmi Ami
When I was thrown against cold stairs
C Bmi Ami
And every day I'm afraid to come home
F#, G
In fear of what I might see there
Ref.:
Bruises fade father ........................
And I still remember........................
Strength is my mother ........................
Every morning that I wake........................
And I'm OK
I'm OK
Akordy kytara:
Bm, A, G, F#, Bmi, F#,, D, A,, G,, C, Ami
