Capo 3rd fret
Use the following chords throughout the whole song:
Intro
[Am] [Dm] [C] [B7] [E]
Verse 1
[Am]
Mama please stop cryin'
[Dm]
I can't stand the sound
[C]
Your pain is painful and it's
[B7] [E]
Tearing me down
[Am]
I hear glasses breakin'
[Dm]
As I sit up in my bed
[C]
I told dad you didn't mean
[B7] [E]
Those nasty things you said
Verse 2
[Am]
You fight about money
[Dm]
'Bout me and my brother
[C]
And this I come home to
[B7] [E]
This is my shelter
[Am]
It ain't easy, growin' up in world war 3
[Dm]
Never known what love could be
You'll see,
[C]
I don't want love to destroy me
[B7] [E]
Like it has done my family
Pre-Chorus
[Am]
Can we work it out (Can we)
[Dm]
Can we be a family (Can we)
[C]
I promise I'll be better (I promise)
[B7] [E]
Mommy I'll do anything (I'll do anything)
[Am]
Can we work it out?
[Dm]
Can we be a family?
[C]
I promise I'll be better
[B7] [E]
Daddy please don't leave
Interlude
[Am]
Daddy please stop yelling (stop)
[Dm]
I can't stand the sound (can't stand the sound)
[C]
Make mama stop cryin'
[B7] [E]
'Cause I need you around (yeah yeah yeah)
[Am]
My mama she loves you (I know it)
[Dm]
No matter what she says it's true
[C]
I know that she hurts you
[B7] [E]
But remember I love you too!
Verse 4
[Am] [Dm]
I ran away today, ran from the noise, ran away (ran away)
[C]
Don't wanna go back to that place
[B7] [E]
But don't have no choice, no way (no choice, no way)
[Am]
It ain't easy, growin' up in world war 3
[Dm]
Never knowin' what love could be
[C]
But I've seen, I don't want love to destroy me
[B7] [E]
Like it did my family
Pre-Chorus
[Am]
Can we work it out (Can we work it out ohhhhhh!)
[Dm]
Can we be a family
[C]
I promise I'll be better (I promise)
[B7] [E]
Mommy I'll do anything (Anything to keep you here!!!!)
[Am]
Can we work it out
[Dm]
Can we be a family
[C]
I promise I'll be better (I promise, I promise)
[B7] [E]
Daddy please don't leave
Interlude
[Am]
In our family portrait (In our family portrait)
[Dm]
We look pretty happy (We look pretty happy)
[C]
Let's play pretend, let's act like it (let's act let's act let's act like it comes)
[B7] [E]
Comes naturally
[Am]
I don't wanna have to split the holidays (no no)
[Dm]
I don't want two addresses (no no no no nooo)
[C]
I don't want a stepbrother anyways
[B7] [E]
And I don't want my mom to have to change her last name!!!!
Chorus
(Little kidz chorus)
[Am]
In our family portrait
[Dm]
We look pretty happy
[C]
We look pretty normal
[B7] [E]
Lets go back to that
[Am]
In our family portrait
[Dm]
We look pretty happy
[C]
Lets play pretend, act like it
[B7] [E]
Goes naturally
Verse 5
[Am]
In our family portrait (Can we work it out)
[Dm]
We look pretty happy (Can we be a family)
[C]
We look pretty normal (I promise I'll be better)
[B7] [E]
Lets go back to that (Mommy I'll do anything)
[Am]
In our family portait (Can we work it out)
[Dm]
We look pretty happy (Can we be a family)
[C]
Lets play pretend (I promise I'll be better)
[B7] [E]
Act like it goes naturally,(Daddy please don't leave)
Oh lets go back Oh lets go back that
Remember the days, remember the days
Chorus
[Am]
In our family portrait (Can we work it out)
[Dm]
We look pretty happy (Can we be a family)
[C]
We look pretty normal (I promise I'll be better)
[B7] [E]
Lets go back to that (Mommy I'll do anything)
[Am]
In our family portait (Can we work it out)
[Dm]
We look pretty happy (Can we be a family)
[C]
We look pretty normal (I promise I'll be better)
[B7] [E]
Please go back to that (Daddy please don't leave)
That!!! ohhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
Bridge
[Am]
Don't leave... don't leave... Daddy don't leave...
[Dm]
Don't leave... Daddy don't leave...
[C]
Daddy don't leave.. Daddy don't leave... Daddy dont leave...
[B7]
Don't leave... don't leave...
[E]
Turn around please... He's so mad
[Am] [Dm]
Remember that the night you left
[C] [B7] [E]
You took my shining star
[Am]
Daddy don't leave...
[Dm]
Daddy don't leave...
[C]
Daddy don't leave...
[B7] [E]
Don't leave us here alone
Verse 6
[Am]
Mama'll be nicer
[Dm]
I'll be so much better
[C]
I'll tell my brother
[B7] [E]
Oh I won't spill the milk at dinner
[Am]
I'll be so much better
[Dm]
I'll do everything right
[C]
I'll be your little girl forever
[B7] [E]
I'll go to sleep at night
Ooh no Ooh no
Ooh no Ooh
