Madonna - Mother and father

^DmThere was a time when I was ^Chappy in my ^Glife. ^DmThere was a time when I ^Cthought I'd live for^Gever. ^DmThere was a time when I ^Cprayed to Jesus ^GChrist. ^DmThere was a time I had a ^Cmother, it was ^Gnice.

^AmOh mother, why ^Faren't you here with ^Dmme. ^AmNo one else saw the ^Fthings that you could ^Dmsee. ^AmI'm trying ^Fhard to dry my ^Dmtears. ^AmYes father, you know ^FI'm not so free.

^DmNobody else would ever ^Ctake the place of ^Gyou. ^DmNobody else could do the ^Cthings that you could ^Gdo. ^DmNobody else could ^Cever hurt me like you ^Gdid. ^DmI didn't understand, ^CI was just a ^Gkid.

^AmOh mother, why ^Faren't you here with ^Dmme. ^AmNo one else saw the ^Fthings that you could ^Dmsee. ^AmI'm trying ^Fhard to dry my ^Dmtears. ^AmYes 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.

^AmMy mother died when I was five ^Fand all I did was sit and cry. ^AmI cried and cried and cried all day un^Ftil the neighbours went away. ^AmThey couldn't take my loneliness, I couldn't take their phoniness^F. ^AmMy father had to go to work, I used to think he was a jerk^F. ^AmI didn't know his heart was broke ^Fand not another word was spoke ^Amand he became a shadow of the ^Ffather I was dreaming of. ^AmI made a vow that I would never need another person ever. ^FTurned my heart into a cage, a victim of a kind of rage.^{Am F}

^AmI got to give it up, ^Ffind somebody to ^Amlove. ^FFind someone that I can care for. ^AmI got to give it up, ^Ffind somebody to ^Amlove. ^FFind someone that I can care for.

^AmI got to give it up, I got to ^Fgive it up, I got to give it ^Amup. I got to give it up, ^FI got to give it up. ^AmI got to let it go^F, ^AmI got to give it up. ^{F Am}Oh mother, ^Foh father, ^AmI got to give it up.^F