Key: Gb major•
Verse 1
F#
B
F#
Song For R.
(Samantha Parton)
Verse 2
F#
B
F#
You see people coming from all sides
A#m
B
With their broken hearts and hollow eyes
F#
C#
When the seed that was planted was
B
F#
B
F#
watered too late
B
F#
Oooh oh child
B
F#
Oooh oh child
A#m
B
Your roots stretch down to grow up wild
A#m
B
Roots stretch down to grow
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B
F#
up wild
B
F#
It was late last night when the doorbell rang
A#m
B
My brother in some trouble
G#m
C#
With a freight train pounding in his veins
A#m
B
And I took him in and cleaned him up
A#m
B
Then I cried for the sadness of his life
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C#
And his lonely struggle with
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B
F#
addiction
B
F#
Friends say oh what a shame
B
F#
Mum says no one but himself to blame
A#m
B
But I don't want to play that game
A#m
B
'Cos I know the truth is not so plain
A#m
B
Call it a hard life or a lack of love
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C#
B
Call it passed down from his father
G#m
C#
Call it lack of faith in god above
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C#
F#
B
F#
There are no easy answers
B
F#
He is just a child
B
F#
He is just a child
A#m
B
Arms stretched out for love
A#m
B
Arms stretched out for love
A#m
B
Arms stretched out for love
Outro 1
B
F#
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF# B A#m C# G#m
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