IntroAmDmCB7EVerse 1Am
Mama please stop cryin'
Dm
I can't stand the sound
C
Your pain is painful and it's
B7E
Tearing me down
Am
I hear glasses breakin'
Dm
As I sit up in my bed
C
I told dad you didn't mean
B7E
Those nasty things you said
Verse 2Am
You fight about money
Dm
'Bout me and my brother
C
And this I come home to
B7E
This is my shelter
Am
It ain't easy, growin' up in world war 3
Dm
Never known what love could be
You'll see,
C
I don't want love to destroy me
B7E
Like it has done my family
Pre-ChorusAm
Can we work it out (Can we)
Dm
Can we be a family (Can we)
C
I promise I'll be better (I promise)
B7E
Mommy I'll do anything (I'll do anything)
Am
Can we work it out?
Dm
Can we be a family?
C
I promise I'll be better
B7E
Daddy please don't leave
InterludeAm
Daddy please stop yelling (stop)
Dm
I can't stand the sound (can't stand the sound)
C
Make mama stop cryin'
B7E
'Cause I need you around (yeah yeah yeah)
Am
My mama she loves you (I know it)
Dm
No matter what she says it's true
C
I know that she hurts you
B7E
But remember I love you too!
Verse 4AmDm
I ran away today, ran from the noise, ran away (ran away)
C
Don't wanna go back to that place
B7E
But don't have no choice, no way (no choice, no way)
Am
It ain't easy, growin' up in world war 3
Dm
Never knowin' what love could be
C
But I've seen, I don't want love to destroy me
B7E
Like it did my family
Pre-ChorusAm
Can we work it out (Can we work it out ohhhhhh!)
Dm
Can we be a family
C
I promise I'll be better (I promise)
B7E
Mommy I'll do anything (Anything to keep you here!!!!)
Am
Can we work it out
Dm
Can we be a family
C
I promise I'll be better (I promise, I promise)
B7E
Daddy please don't leav
InterludeAm
In our family portrait (In our family portrait)
Dm
We look pretty happy (We look pretty happy)
C
Let's play pretend, let's act like it (let's act let's act let's act like it comes)
B7E
Comes naturally
Am
I don't wanna have to split the holidays (no no)
Dm
I don't want two addresses (no no no no nooo)
C
I don't want a stepbrother anyways
B7E
And I don't want my mom to have to change her last name!!!!
Chorus
(Little kidz Chorus)
Am
In our family portrait
Dm
We look pretty happy
C
We look pretty normal
B7E
Lets go back to that
Am
In our family portrait
Dm
We look pretty happy
C
Lets play pretend, act like it
B7E
Goes naturally
Verse 5]
Am
In our family portrait (Can we work it out)
Dm
We look pretty happy (Can we be a family)
C
We look pretty normal (I promise I'll be better)
B7E
Lets go back to that (Mommy I'll do anything)
Am
In our family portait (Can we work it out)
Dm
We look pretty happy (Can we be a family)
C
Lets play pretend (I promise I'll be better)
B7E
Act like it goes naturally,(Daddy please don't leave)
Oh lets go back Oh lets go back that
Remember the days, remember the days
ChorusAm
In our family portrait (Can we work it out)
Dm
We look pretty happy (Can we be a family)
C
We look pretty normal (I promise I'll be better)
B7E
Lets go back to that (Mommy I'll do anything)
Am
In our family portait (Can we work it out)
Dm
We look pretty happy (Can we be a family)
C
We look pretty normal (I promise I'll be better)
B7E
Please go back to that (Daddy please don't leave)
That!!! ohhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
BridgeAm
Don't leave... don't leave... Daddy don't leave...
Dm
Don't leave... Daddy don't leave...
C
Daddy don't leave.. Daddy don't leave... Daddy dont leave...
B7
Don't leave... don't leave...
E
Turn around please... He's so mad
AmDm
Remember that the night you left
CB7E
You took my shining star
Am
Daddy don't leave...
Dm
Daddy don't leave...
C
Daddy don't leave...
B7E
Don't leave us here alone
Verse 6]
Am
Mama'll be nicer
Dm
I'll be so much better
C
I'll tell my brother
B7E
Oh I won't spill the milk at dinner
Am
I'll be so much better
Dm
I'll do everything right
C
I'll be your little girl forever
B7E
I'll go to sleep at night
Ooh no Ooh no
Ooh no Ooh
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.