Key: Bb major
Intro 1
B
E
B
F#
B
Verse 1
E
B
at the close of the day
C#
F#
Cause her daddy had gone far away
B
E
On her little face was a look of despair
F#
B
and I heard this prayer
B
F#
mention his name
E
B
and hold to my hand
B
E
B
E
You know, friends, I wonder
and just how many tears are shed
family that I once knew.
E
B
We'll just call them Mary and William,
and their little daughter Sue.
Now Mary was just a plain mother,
F#
B
and Bill, well, he was the usual dad.
F#
D#m
F#
But then one day something happened.
Now here were two grown up people
F#
they strengthened their own selfish pride
C#
B
at little Sue's expense.
You know, she didn't ask
B
F#
to drift from pillar to post,
B
F#
B
but a divorce never stops
C#
B
in this wicked world today
B
F#
mention his name
D#m
B
Lord take me and lead me
E
B
and hold to my hand
B
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB E F# C# D#m
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