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[Intro] Am Am7 D7 Am B Em Am7 Am D Am B Em [Verse 1]
Am She takes the back road and the lane Past the school that has not Am7changed In all this tiD7me Am7 She thinks of when the boy was Amyoung All the battles she had Bwon JusEmt to give him lifeAm7
Am7 That man She loved that man For all his lifD7e Am7 Am But now we meet to take him flowers And only God knowsB why Em D For what's the use in pressing pBalms When children fade in mother's arF#mms
It's a cruel world
We'vC#e so much to looseD And what we haBve to learnE we rarely choose
[Chorus]
D So if it'sGm God who took her soDn He Dmcannot be the Eone living in herAm mind F Take carGe my love, Amshe said F Don't thinkG that GoAmd is dead F Take carGe my Amlove, she said F You haveG been loCved [Interlude] Am7 Am7 D7
[Bridge]
Am7 If I was Amweak, forgive meAm7 But I was terD7rified Am7 You brushed my eyes with angeAmls wings, full of Blove The kind that Emmakes devils cry
[Verse 2]
So tAm7hese days Am7My life has changed And I'll be fiD7ne (I'll be fiAmne) But she just sits and counts theAm hours Searching forB her crimeEm D So what's the use of pressing Bpalms If you won't keep such love from F#mharm It's F#ma cruel world You'veF so much to C#prove D And heaven helBps the ones whoE wait for you
D Now, I've no daughtGmers, I've no sonsD Guess DmI'm the only Eone Living in mAmy life
[Chorus]
F Take carGe my loveAm, he said F Don't thGink that GoAmd is dead F Take carGe my Amlove, he said
F You havGe been lovCed