DA
Seven weeks have passed now since she left me,
BmG
She shows her face to ask me how I am
DA
She says the kids are fine and that they miss me
BmG
Maybe I could come and baby-sit sometime
ABmG
She says, "are you o.k? I was worried about you.
ABmG
"Can you forgive me? I hope that you'll be happy."
DA
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
BmG
I'm so happy I'm laughing through my tears
ABmG
I saw a friend of mine. he said, "I was worried about you
ABmG
I heard she had another man, I wondered how you felt about it
DA
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
BmG
I'm so happy I'm laughing through my tears
ABmG
Saw my lawyer, Mr. good news, he got me
ABmG
Joint custody and legal separation
DD/C
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
D/A#
I'm laughing through my tears,
D/CD/A#
I'm laughing through my tears
DF#m
I took a walk alone last night.
Bm
I looked up at the stars
G
To try to find an answer in my life
DF#m
I chose a star for me, I chose a star for him
BmG
I chose two stars for my kids and one star for my wife
A
Something made me smile.
BmG
Something seemed to ease the pain
ABmG
Something about the universe and how it's all connected
DA
The park is full of sunday fathers, and melted ice cream
BmG
We try to do the best, within the given time
DAA kid should be with his mother, everybody knows that
BmG
What can a father do but baby-sit sometimes?
ABmG
I saw that friend of mine, he said, "you look different somehow."
ABmG
I said, "everybody's got to leave this darkness sometime."
DD/C
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying,
D/A#
I'm laughing through my tears,
D/C
I'm laughing through my tears
DD/C
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
D/A#
I'm laughing through my tears,
D/CD
I'm laughing through my tears
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