Cm A# F There was a time I was happy in my life Cm A# F There was time I believed Iʼd live forever Cm A# F There was a time that I prayed to Jesus Christ Cm A# F There was a time I had a mother it was nice Gm Cm F Oh mother why arenʼt you here with me Gm Cm F No one else saw the things that you could see Gm Cm F Iʼm trying hard to dry my tears Gm Cm F Yes father you know Iʼm not so free Cm A# F Nobody else would ever take the place of you Cm A# F Nobody else could do the things that you could do Cm A# F No one else I guess could hurt me like you did Cm A# F I didnʼt understand I was just a kid Gm Cm F Oh mother why arenʼt you here with me Gm Cm F No one else saw the things that you could see Gm Cm F Iʼm trying hard to dry my tears Gm Cm F Yes father you know Iʼm not so free Gm I got to give it up Cm F Find someone to love me Gm I got to let it go Cm F Find someone that I can care for Gm I got to give it up Cm F Find someone to love me Gm I got to let it go Cm F Find someone that I can care for Gm My mother died when I was five Cm F And all I did was sit and cry Gm I cried and cried and cried all day Cm F Until the neighbours went away Gm They couldnʼt take my loneliness Cm F I couldnʼt take their phoniness Gm My father had to go to work Cm F I used to think he was a jerk Gm I didnʼt know his heart was broken Cm F And not another word was spoken Gm He became a shadow of Cm F The father I was dreaming of Gm I made a vow that I would never need another person ever Cm F Turned my heart into a cage a victim of a kind of rage Gm Iʼve got to give it up Cm F Gm Find somebody to love Cm F Find someone that I can care for Gm I got to give it up Cm F I got to give it up Gm I got to give it up I got to give it up Cm F I got to give it up
