Next To Normal - How could i ever forget

^F#We were still living ^Bdowntown... ^F#My black coat thrown over My ^Bblue nightgown... You ^Ebmdrove too fast— The ^F#lights of the city flew ^C#past.

^F#How could I ever ^Bforget? ^F#Outside the morning Was ^Bcool and ^C#wet. He ^Ebmhad such chills... But ^F#still—he lay there so ^C#still. Just eighteen months ^Bold... So ^Bmcold... ^C#

We ran him ^F#inside, ^EbmLost, ^Bworrying, ^Ebmwondering. That hospital ^Broom— That ^Bmgloom— ^C#

^F#How could I ever ^Bforget? ^F#Screaming at doctors— ^BAlarmed, ^C#upset. They ^Ebmsaid to wait, [Diana—don't.] ^F3They never said We were too ^C#late. But I was ^Bchild... [So many years ago...] Raising a ^Bmchild. [So much we could not ^C#know...] Those weeks full of ^F#joy... ^BbThen a moment of ^Ebmdread— ^Ab Someone simply ^Abmsaid Your ^C#child... is...

^F#How could I ever ^Bforget? ^F#This was the moment ^BMy life was ^C#set. That ^F#day that I ^Ebmlost you— It's ^F#clear as the ^Bday we ^Abmet. ^BHow could I ^C#ever for^F#get