Chords with lyrics
Cm - x35543
F - xx3211
E - x221xx
D - xx0232
G - 320033
Verse 1
Cm F
Momma please stop cryin, I can't stand the sound
E D G
Your pain is painful and its tearin' me down
Cm F
I hear all the screaming as I sit up in my bed
Eb D G
I told dad you didn't mean those nasty things you said
CHORUS #1
Cm F
You fight about money, bout me and my sister
E D G
And this I come home to, this is my shelter
Cm
It ain't easy growin up in World War III
F
Never knowin what love could be, you'll see
E D G
I don't want love to destroy me like it has done my family
Cm F
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
E D G
I promise I'll be better, Mommy I'll do anything
Cm F
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
E D G
I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't leave
VERSE #2
Cm F
Daddy please stop yellin, I can't stand the sound
E D G
Make mama stop cryin, cuz I need you around
Cm F
My mama she loves you, no matter what she says its true
Eb D G
I know that she hurts you, but remember I love you, too
Cm F
I ran away today, ran from the noise, ran away
Eb D G
Don't wanna go back to that place, but don't have no choice, no way
Cm
It ain't easy growin up in World War III
Fm
Never knowin what love could be, you'll see
Eb D G
I don't want love to destroy me like it has done my family
CHORUS #2
Cm F
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
E D G
I promise I'll be better, Mommy I'll do anything
Cm F
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
E D G
I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't leave
Cm F
In our family portrait, we look pretty happy
E D G
Let's play pretend, let's act like it comes naturally
Cm
I don't wanna have to split the holidays
F
I don't want two addresses
E
I don't want a step-brother anyways
D E
And I don't want my mom to have to change her last name
Cm F
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
E D G
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
Cm F
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
E D G
Let's play pretend, act like it goes naturally
Cm F
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
E D G
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
(I promise I'll be better, Mommy I'll do
anything)
Cm F
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
E D G
Let's play pretend act and like it comes so naturally
(I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't
leave)
Cm F
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
E D G
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
(I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't
leave)
Cm
Daddy don't leave
F
Daddy don't leave
E
Daddy don't leave
D G
Turn around please
Cm F E D
Remember that the night you left you took my
G
Shining star?
Cm
Daddy don't leave
F
Daddy don't leave
E
Daddy don't leave
D G
Don't leave us here alone
Cm
Mom will be nicer
F E
I'll be so much better, I'll tell my brother
D G
Oh, I won't spill the milk at dinner
Cm F
I'll be so much better, I'll do everything right
E
I'll be your little girl forever
D G
I'll go to sleep at night
