Madonna - Mother and father

^Dm There was a time I was ^Chappy in my ^Glife ^Dm There was time I ^Cbelieved I'd live ^Gforever ^Dm There was a time that I ^Cprayed to Jesus ^GChrist ^Dm There was a time I had a ^Cmother it was ^Gnice

^Am Oh mother why ^Faren't you here with ^Dmme ^Am No one else saw the ^Fthings that you could ^Dmsee ^Am I'm trying ^Fhard to dry my ^Dmtears ^Am Yes father you know ^FI'm not so free

^Dm Nobody else would ever ^Ctake the place of ^Gyou ^Dm Nobody else could do the ^Cthings that you could ^Gdo ^Dm No one else I guess could ^Churt me like you ^Gdid ^Dm I didn't understand ^CI was just a ^Gkid

^Am Oh mother why ^Faren't you here with ^Dmme ^Am No one else saw the ^Fthings that you could ^Dmsee ^Am I'm trying ^Fhard to dry my ^Dmtears ^Am Yes father you know ^FI'm not so ^Dmfree

^AmI got to give it up ^FFind someone to love me ^AmI got to let it go ^FFind someone that I can care for ^AmI got to give it up ^FFind someone to love me ^AmI got to let it go ^FFind someone that I can care for

My ^Ammother died when I was five And ^Fall I did was sit and cry I ^Amcried and cried and cried all day Un^Ftil the neighbours went away They ^Amcouldn't take my loneliness I couldn't take their phoniness^F My ^Amfather had to go to work I used to think he was a jerk ^F I ^Amdidn't know his heart was broken And ^Fnot another word was spoken ^AmHe became a shadow of The ^Ffather I was dreaming of I ^Ammade a vow that I would never need another person ever ^FTurned my heart into a cage a victim of a kind of rage

^AmI've got to give it up ^FFind somebody to love ^AmFind someone that I can care for ^AmI've got to give it up ^FFind somebody to love ^AmFind someone that I can care for

^AmI got to give it up ^FI got to give it up ^AmI got to give it up ^FI got to give it up ^AmI got to give it up

^AmI got to give it up ^{F Am}Oh mother ^FOh father ^AmI got to give it up ^F