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