Chords:
Bm: b /A: Gmaj7: F#7sus:
x24432 x04432 3x0002 242422

Em: F#: G: D:
022000 244322 320003 xx0232

A: C: G/B: Am:
x02220 x32010 x20003 x02210


The intro(play twice):
b b/A G7+ Fissus4

Verse1:

b  Once b/A upon a timG7+ e there was a Fis7susgirl. 
b  In her eb/A arly yeG7+ ars she had to Fis7suslearn 
b  How to b/A grow up living in aG7+ war that she calledFis7sus home 
b b /A Gamj7 Fis7sus
Never knew just where to turn for shelter from the storm
e  It hurt me to see the pain b across my mother's face
e Everytime my father's fist would
Fis Put her in her place
G   Hearing all the yelling I would b cry up in my room
G   Hoping it would be over Fissoon...

Chorus1:
G   Bruises fade, father, but the Dpain remains the same
G   And I still remember how you Dkept me so afraid
G   Strength is my mother, for all the Dlove she gave
And ev'ry Amorning that I wake, I look e back at yesterday
And I'm ob k... b/A       G7+        Fis7sus      

Verse2:

b  I often b/A wonder wG7+ hy I carry all this Fis7susguilt,
b b /A Gamj7 Fis7sus
When it's you that helped me put up all these walls I built
e  Shadows stir at night through a b crack in the door
e  The echo of a broken childFis screaming "please, no more"
G   Daddy, don't you understand the b damage you have done?
G   For you it's just a memory, but for Fisme it still lives on...

Chorus2:
G  Bruises fade father but the Dpain remains the same
G  And I still remember how you Dkept me so afraid
G  Strength is my mother for all the Dlove she gave
And ev'ry Amorning that I wake, I look e back at yesterday...

Bridge:
C  It's not so eG/Basy to forga et
C  All the mG/Barks you lefta along her neck
C  When I was throG/Bwn against cold staa irs
C  And ev'ry daG/By afraid to ca ome home,
In fear of, what I might Fissee next...

Chorus1:
G   Bruises fade, father, but the Dpain remains the same
G   And I still remember how you Dkept me so afraid
G   Strength is my mother, for all the Dlove she gave
And ev'ry Amorning that I wake, I look e back at yesterday
And I'm ob k...  b/A    G7+    Fis7susMm... 
I'm b ok...