[ Предположительная тональность: Am ] Dm C G There was a time when I was happy in my life. Dm C G There was a time when I thought I'd live forever. Dm C G There was a time when I prayed to Jesus Christ. Dm C G There was a time I had a mother, it was nice. Am F Dm Oh mother, why aren't you here with me. Am F Dm No one else saw the things that you could see. Am F Dm I'm trying hard to dry my tears. Am F Yes father, you know I'm not so free. Dm C G Nobody else would ever take the place of you. Dm C G Nobody else could do the things that you could do. Dm C G Nobody else could ever hurt me like you did. Dm C G I didn't understand, I was just a kid. Am F Dm Oh mother, why aren't you here with me. Am F Dm No one else saw the things that you could see. Am F Dm I'm trying hard to dry my tears. Am F Dm Yes father, you know I'm not so free. Am F I got to give it up, find someone to love me. Am F I got to let it go, find someone that I can care for. Am F I got to give it up, find someone to love me. Am F I got to let it go, find someone that I can care for. Am F My mother died when I was five and all I did was sit and cry. Am F I cried and cried and cried all day until the neighbours went away. Am F They couldn't take my loneliness, I couldn't take their phoniness. Am F My father had to go to work, I used to think he was a jerk. Am F I didn't know his heart was broke and not another word was spoke Am F and he became a shadow of the father I was dreaming of. Am I made a vow that I would never need another person ever. F Am F Turned my heart into a cage, a victim of a kind of rage. Am F Am F I got to give it up, find somebody to love. Find someone that I can care for. Am F Am F I got to give it up, find somebody to love. Find someone that I can care for. Am F Am I got to give it up, I got to give it up, I got to give it up. F I got to give it up, I got to give it up. Am F Am F I got to let it go, I got to give it up. Am F Am F Oh mother, oh father, I got to give it up. Am F Am F Am From my favoured live version of this song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmLeHjk_Jms Enjoy!