Intro:
Am - A6sus2 - Am - D - Am - A6sus2 - B7 - Em 2x
Am A6sus2
She takes the back road and the lane
Am
Past the school that has no changed
D
In all this time
Am A6sus2
She thinks of when the boy was young
B7
All the battles she had won
EmAm
Just to give him life
That man
A6sus2
She loved that man
AmD
For all his life
Am A6sus2
But now we meet to bring him flowers
B7Em -
And only God knows why
DB7
For what's the use in pressing palms
F#m
When children fade in mother's arms
(F#m)
It's a cruel world,
F+
We've so much to loose
DB7EE - E
And what we have to learn we rarely choose
AmGmD
So if it's God who took her son
DmEE7AmA - Am
He cannot be the one living in her mind
FGAmA - Am
Take care my love, she said
FGAmA - Am
Don't think that God is dead
FGAmA - Am
Take care my love, she said
FGC
You have been loved
Am - A6sus2 - Am - DAm A6sus2
If I was weak, forgive me
AmD
But I was terri - fied
Am A6sus2 B7
You brushed my eyes with angels wings, full of love
Em
The kind that makes devils cry, So
Am A6sus2
these days My life has changed
AmD
And I'll be fine (and I´ll be fine)
Am A6sus2
But she just sits and counts the hours
B7Em -
Searching for her crime
DB7
So what's the use of pressing palms
F#m
If you won't keep such love from harm
(F#m)
It's a cruel world
F+
You've so much to prove
DB7EE - E
And heaven helps the ones who wait for you
AmGmD
Well I've no daughters, I've no sons
DmE
Guess I'm the only one
E7AmA - Am
Living in my life
FGAmA - Am
Take care my love, he said
FGAmA - Am
Don't think that God is dead
FGAmA - Am
Take care my love, he said
FGC
You have been loved//
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