Carly Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]Ooooooo [Em]-ooo[Am] -ooo [G]-oo -oo [C]-oo [Em]-ooo[Am]...[G]
[F]you[C][G][Am][G][F][C]
[G][Am][G][F][G][Am][G][F]
[G][F][G][F][G][Am][G][F]
[G][Am][F][G]
[F]She's [C]a girl who's [G]forced
to become a woman
Her [Am]parents are Catholic,
now [G]how are they supposed to feel?
[F]Turned it on out[C], it's like a dream,
[G]but it's so close to real
[Am]He abandoned her,
but talks about it [G]like he knows the deal
[F]He chose to steal her innocence
[G]and crush her dreams
[Am]Plus it seems he brushed the jeans
off [G]all the luscious teens
She was [F]just [C]another,
he [G]told her he loved her
Then [Am]left her to decide
if she could [G]be a single mother
Tell me, [F]what would you have done?
Would [G]you have done better?
Would [F]you [Am]have walked it off,
kept [G]going [F]like
[G]Whatever [F]comes my way,
will [G]come my way
And [Am]I wear a smile to
help numb [G]my pain
[F]What would you have done?
Would [G]you have done better?
Would [Am]you have walked it off,
kept [G]going like
[F]Whatever comes my way,
will [G]come my way
And [Am]I wear a smile to
help [F]numb [G]my pain
[F]You could probably blame her [C]parents
for de[G]monizing birth control
You [Am]want to rot in hell
is having [G]sex worth your soul
But [F]guess what mo[C]m,
you're [G]gonna be a grandma
[Am]That's okay,
I don't love myself any[G]more either
[F]Where was her family
[C]when she [G]actually needed them?
Her [Am]friends thought her a whore
and so she [G]didn't want to
be with them
[F]Wouldn't get an abor[C]tion,
[G]she believes in sin
Same with [Am]suicide
and so she thought there'd
never [G]be an end
She [F]put her trust in God,
things [G]couldn't stay worse
She kept [Am]a job for the nine months,
then gave [G]birth [F]on May 1st
Forced to go on welfare,
[C]but the [G]shack bought her liquor
Which [Am]brought her quicker
to the next man in her life,
a [G]father figure for her [F]son
The only [G]thing that really mattered,
her [Am]proud and loving eyes kept black
[G]She's beaten, battered,
but she'll [F]heal
She'll en[C]sure a better [G]life for her baby
They [Am]used to call her Carly,
but now [G]they just call her crazy
[F]What would you have done?
Would [G]you have done better?
Would [Am]you have walked it all,
kept [G]going like
whatever [F]comes my way
[C]will [G]come my way
[Am]I'll wear a smile to help numb [G]my pain
[F]What would you have done,
would [G]you have done better?
Would [F]you [Am]have walked it all,
kept [G]going like whatever
[F]comes my way
will [G]come my way
[Am]I'll [F]wear a [Am]smile [F]to
help [Am]numb [G]my pain
[F]She's trying to cope in the Pope's
[G]advocating chastity
Either [Am]keep it or give it up for adoption[F]s
the way it has to be
I'm sorry, [F]excuse [G]me, pardon me,
world, we're populated
Dry[Am]ing up natural resources
and it [F]can't compensate
It [Fm]sure de[F]serves a chance at life,
but I [G]don't think you understand
It's [F]not like abandoned ethnic babies
are in high demand
There's plenty of Chinese infants
in desperate [G]need of adoption
But unless [F]it's got blonde hair and blue eyes,
I guess it's not an option
We should just hold an auction,
give [G]them away two for one
So they [F]don't end up on the streets,
ending up as a useless bum
Or we could sell them to the corporations
[G]to work slave labor
[F]Labeled inferior beings
[Am]chastised [F]like a gay neighbor
But Carly was a girl
who was [G]forced to become a woman
And [F]she was strong, she held on,
but she was uncommon
And her baby's daddy,
you know, the [G]one who left her in the distortion
[F]I wish his mother
would have gotten an abracadabra
[G]Boom, baby, goodbye, bye
[F]Boom, [Am]boom[F], boom[G], baby, goodbye,
[F]bye[G][F][Am][F][G]
[F]What would you have done?
Would [G]you have done better?
Would [Am]you have walked it off?
Kept [G]going like whatever [F]comes my way
will [G]come my way.
[Am]I'll wear a smile to [G]help not my pain.
[F]What would you have done?
Would [G]you have done better?
Would [F]you [Am]have walked it [F]off?
Kept [G]going like whatever
[F]comes my way
will [G]come my way.
[F]I'll [Am]wear a smile to help not [G]my pain.
[C]I'll[Em][Am][G]
[Eb][Fm]
What would you have done,
would you have done better,
would you have walked it off
and going like [F]whatever,
comes my way, come my way,
and
I'll wear a smile to [Fm]help numb my pain.
What would you have done?
Would you have done better?
Would you have walked it off,
kept going like whatever?
Comes my way, would come my way
And I'll wear a smile to
[F]help numb my pain
What would you have done?
Would you have done better?
Would you have walked it off,
kept going like whatever?
Comes my way, would come my way
And I'll wear a smile
to help numb my pain
My babe
My babe

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