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