IntroAmFVerse 1Am
Four years old with my
F
back to the door
Am
All I could hear
F
was the family war
Am
Your selfish hands
GF
always expecting more
AmAm I your child or
GF
just a charity award?
Pre-ChorusAm
You have a hollowed out heart
F
But it’s heavy in your chest
Dm
I try so hard to fight it
C
But it’s hopeless
AmFDm
hopeless You’re hopeless
ChorusFAm
Oh father please father
C
I’d love to leave you alone
F
but I can’t let you go
FAm
Oh father please father
CF
Put the bottle down for
AmCF
the love of a daughter
Verse 2Am
It’s been 5 years since
F
we’ve spoken last
Am
And you can’t take back
F
what we never had oh
Am
I can be manipulated
GF
only so many times
Am
Before even “I love you”
GF
starts to sound like a lie
Pre-ChorusAm
You have a hollowed out heart
F
But it’s heavy in your chest
Dm
I try so hard to fight it
C
But it’s hopeless
AmFDm
hopeless You’re hopeless
ChorusFAm
Oh father please father
C
I’d love to leave you alone
F
but I can’t let you go
FAm
Oh father please father
CF
Put the bottle down for
FG
the love of a daughter
BridgeAm
Don’t you remember
C
I’m your baby girl?
E
How could you push me
C
out of your world?
G
Lied to your flesh
and your blood
D/F#
Put your hands on the ones
that you swore you loved
Am
Don’t you remember
I’m your baby girl?
E
How could you throw me
right out of your world?
G
So young when the pain had begun
D/F#
Now forever afraid of being loved
FAm
Oh father please father
C
I’d love to leave you alone
F
but I can’t let you go
FAmCF
Oh father please father!!!
OutroFAm
Oh father please father
CF
Put the bottle down for
FAmCF
the love of a daughter
FAmC
for the love of a daughter
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