Key: D major•
Verse 1
of the puzzle of my past
G
Em
I sigh at the heartaches, relive the laughs
Em
A
D
a little light in the dark
Verse 2
D
A
And I think that it won't bore you
C
G
For it's a tale that I've never told
D
A
D
Em
D
F#m
To anyone before you- - 'cause it's for you
G
D
Interlude 1
G
C
Em
A
D
G
D
A
Bm
A
G
A
G
A
D
Verse 3
D
F#m
The sun of sixteen sum mers
Bm
A
had put halos in your hair
G
F#m
If anything was in my head,
Em
A
twelve winters put it there
D
F#m
A dollar an hour is what Mama paid
Bm
A
you to come and mind her kids
G
F#m
But no one could really pay you
Em
A
enough for what you really did
Verse 4
D
Em
Many happy things keep happening
D
G
On my journey through this world
G
Asus4
A
that I will never understand
G
D
A
To be the first to make you a woman
Bm
A
G
But you were the one
A
Verse 5
D
You know I used to read myself
F#m
Bm
A
to sleep when I went to bed
G
F#m
I guess I was a dreamer then who
Em
A
lived inside my head
D
F#m
But the nights that you came you talked of things,
Bm
A
I found I had a friend
G
D
You brought my fears of people
Em
A
to a sure and gentle end
Verse 6
D
Em
Many happy things keep happening
G
D
And in many ways,
G
Asus4
A
that I will never understand
G
D
A
To be the first to make you a wo man
Bm
A
G
But you were the one
A
G
Who made my mother's son a man
A
Verse 7
D
D
A
And said to me: "Please hold me"
C
G
I did not know which way to go
D
A
So I did just what you told
Verse 8
me "Please hold me"
D
F#m
When I think about you now it's
Bm
A
not that my memory fails
G
F#m
There's just no need for graphic
Em
A
telling of all the details
D
F#m
Let's just say you taught me something
Bm
A
that brought me from my shell
G
F#m
You gave to me that first sweet taste
Em
A
of the heaven here in this hell
Verse 9
D
Em
Many happy things keep happening
D
G
On my journey through this world
G
C
Em
A
that I will never understand
G
D
A
To be the first to make you a wo man
Bm
A
G
But you were the one
A
G
Who made my mother's son a man
G
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