Eric Bogle - Scraps of paper

^GThese days my life seems ^Amsomehow like a ^Dtired old cli^Gché A bad ^Ammovie scene that ^Djust goes on and ^Gon With dialogue like " ^AmIt's so sad how ^Dfast time slips ^Gaway" Or "You ^Amnever really miss ^Dthem until they're ^Ggone" ^AmFunny how those ^Dold clichés come ^Gtrue ^AmI never thought I'd ^Cmiss him, but I ^Ddo

^GMy father died in ^Amsummer, ^Gand all he left ^Ambehind ^{D G}Were little scraps of ^Ampaper, ^Glittle ^Bmscraps of ^Amrhyme ^D I ^Amread them and felt ^Dsomething inside me ^Gbreak And ^Bmangrily cried out "Too late, too ^Amlate!" ^{D G}Surely there ^Bmmust be something ^Ambetter? ^{D G}Surely there ^Bmmust be something ^Ambetter? ^D

He and ^GI were always ^Amstrangers, ^Dsearching for some^Gone I was ^Amlooking for a ^Dhero, and he a ^Gfriend So while I searched for my ^Amfather, he was ^Dlooking for his ^Gson And s^Amtrangers we re^Dmained until the ^Gend But the ^Amman who wrote his ^Dheart into these ^Grhymes I know that ^Amhe could have ^Cbeen a good friend of ^Dmine

^GMy father died in ^Amsummer, ^Gand all he left ^Ambehind ^{D G}Were little scraps of ^Ampaper, ^Glittle ^Bmscraps of ^Amrhyme ^D I ^Amread them and felt ^Dsomething inside me ^Gbreak And ^Bmangrily cried out "Too late, too ^Amlate!" ^{D G}Surely there ^Bmmust be something ^Ambetter? ^{D G}Surely there ^Bmmust be something ^Ambetter? ^D

^GSo I sit here where he ^Amlived and died as the ^Dghosts around me ^Gweave And the ^Amevening shadows ^Dlengthen on the ^Gwall And in this dark and ^Amempty room it's ^Deasy to be^Glieve That he ^Amnever, really ^Dlived at ^Gall But the ^Amlittle scraps of ^Dpaper in my ^Ghand ^AmProve he lived to ^Cme — a father and a ma^Dn

^GMy father died in ^Amsummer, ^Gand all he left ^Ambehind ^{D G}Were little scraps of ^Ampaper, ^Glittle ^Bmscraps of ^Amrhyme ^D I ^Amread them and felt ^Dsomething inside me ^Gbreak And ^Bmangrily cried out "Too late, too ^Amlate!" ^{D G}Surely there ^Bmmust be something ^Ambetter? ^{D G}Surely there ^Bmmust be something ^Ambetter? ^D