Key: A major•
Intro 1
A
Verse 1
D
A
you was about a year ago
I was afraid to hold you but I
D
A
wanted you to know
E
D
I touched your tiny perfect
D
A
I didn't pick you up because I'd
D
E
A
have to put you down
Verse 2
D
A
and you won't understand
I've stayed away for your first year
D
A
it's sort of what I planned
E
D
But I've been in your neighbourhood
E
D
sometimes just blocks away
A
D
I didn't come to visit you because
E
A
I couldn't stay
Verse 3
Bm
D
There was a baby on a plane
E
A
maybe she was two
Bm
D
E
And she was smiling at me I
E
D
E
I've kept my distance from you
A
D
And so I looked away from her
E
A
too ashamed to smile
Verse 4
A
D
When I saw you last year,
A
D
A
I knew that there was no mistake
D
A
Amazing things can happen why
D
A
just look what life can make
E
D
E
But life can get so hard sometimes
A
D
A
D
A
And people get so angry
D
E
A
frightened and ashamed
Verse 5
D
A
year I've told but few
D
A
D
A
D
Although where you are so
E
D
And I've passed by your window
E
D
but haven't dared look in
D
E
A
I'm too scared to begin
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA D E Bm
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