Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
A augmentedA B minorBm C# minorC#m B minorBm
Verse:
A augmentedA B minorBm C# minorC#m B minorBm
Innocence gets lost in chaos
A augmentedA F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD
Drawn to flames that light the way home
A augmentedA B minorBm C# minorC#m
A augmentedA broken heart made me a woman
B minorBm A augmentedA F# minorF#m E MajorE
I'm not the same little girl since you've been gone
Chorus:
D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm
Because things have changed
C# minorC#m B minorBm
Since you've been away
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Grew through the pain
E MajorE D MajorD
But love stayed the same
A augmentedA B minorBm
I have changed
C# minorC#m B minorBm
Since you've been away
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Grew through the pain
E MajorE D MajorD
But love stayed the same
Verse 2:
A augmentedA
I got 13 years on my 13 birthday
B minorBm
Tears drops hit the courtroom floor
C# minorC#m
Courtroom door slammed hard
B minorBm
And I felt empty, gotta search for more
A augmentedA
Five years 'til I can make parole
F# minorF#m
And time moves slow when you missin' home
E MajorE D MajorD
In prison clothes I sit alone, but my rock bottom's my steppin' stone
A augmentedA
My princesses, they need a king
B minorBm
I gotta stand up to deserve the throne
C# minorC#m
Do better, be a better man
B minorBm
So they can have a chance at that happy home
A augmentedA
Try to raise the kids in this visit room
F# minorF#m
Keep wipin' tears from they cheekbone
E MajorE
They said it'd be alright but it won't be
D MajorD
Unless I change me, I gotta be strong
A augmentedA
I try to see myself through my children's eyes
B minorBm
It's who I am, who I wanna be
C# minorC#m
They said it's jail talk, and I'll be in the streets
B minorBm
I'll never change my ways, I guess we're gonna see
A augmentedA
See the hardest thing that I've been through
F# minorF#m
Is watchin what my family had to go through
E MajorE D MajorD
Cause my go to is try somethin' new, cause that old me is just old news and
Chorus:
A augmentedA B minorBm
Things have changed
C# minorC#m B minorBm
Since you've been away
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Grew through the pain
E MajorE D MajorD
But love stayed the same
A augmentedA B minorBm
I have changed
C# minorC#m B minorBm
Since you've been away
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Grew through the pain
E MajorE D MajorD
But love stayed the same
Bridge:
B minorBm F# minorF#m E MajorE
And time has told me always take your time
B minorBm F# minorF#m E MajorE
Daddy, I know you worry but please ease your mind
B minorBm F# minorF#m E MajorE
Guess we went through so much, made it through the other side
B minorBm F# minorF#m D MajorD
What don't kill you makes you stronger, and we're so alive
E MajorE
Because
Chorus:
A augmentedA B minorBm
Things have changed
C# minorC#m B minorBm
Since you've been away
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Grew through the pain
E MajorE D MajorD
But love stayed the same
A augmentedA B minorBm
I have changed
C# minorC#m B minorBm
Since you've been away
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Grew through the pain
E MajorE D MajorD
But love stayed the same
Outro:
A augmentedA B minorBm C# minorC#m B minorBm A augmentedA F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD