The Baby Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]My sisters have almost a [Am]decade on [C]me
You [G]could say I was a sur
[C]prise[Am]
Everybody called me the [C]baby
I have my [Am]mother's smile
and my [G]father's [C]eyes
But those [Am]eyes saw things
I wouldn't [C]wish on my worst enemy
And if [Am]I died after al[G]l the tears they cri[C]ed
I would [Am]buy back all the
[C]years that escaped me
I was a [Am]baby who never [G]got to
be a [C]child[Am][G][C]
You have to grow up,
but I [Am]won't [C]speak
[G]when your daddy is a mon[C]ster.
[Am]Mama works at [C]shift number three
with trem[Am]bling hands in
the [G]face of a [C]boxer
And her [Am]eyes just scream,
oh [C]somebody help me
And if [Am]I die before
[G]all the tears they [C]cry
I could [Am]buy all the [C]years that escape me
I was a [Am]baby who never [G]got to be a [C]child
[Am][C][G]
[C][Am][C][G]
[C]
[G]Buses and latch keys
and [C]hiding under my bed
[G]I bow the cross of survival and the s[Am]cars
Of a [C]veteran at age [Am]five[C]
Close my [Am]eyes and saw the things
I would[C]n't wish on my worst enemy
And if [Am]I could die before
[G]all the tears they'd [C]cry
[G]And I [C]could [Am]laugh at all
the [C]years that escaped me
I was a [Am]baby who never [G]got to be a [C]child
I was a [Am]baby who never got
[G]to be a chi[C]ld[C]
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