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