I'm Ok

Once upon a time, there was a (F#7sus)girl.

(Bm)In her early years, she had to (F#7sus)learn

(Bm)how to grow up living in a (Gmaj7)war that she called (F#7sus)home;

(Bm)never knew just where to turn for shelter from the storm.

(Em)It hurt me to see the pain (Bm)across my mother's face (Em)ev'ry time my father's fist would (F#)put her in her place.

(G)Hearing all the yelling, I would (Bm)cry up in my room,

(G)hoping it would be over (F#)soon.

(G)Bruises fade, father, but the (D)pain remains the same,

(G)and I still remember how you (D)kept me so afraid.

(G)Strength is my mother for all the (D)love she gave.

And ev'ry (A)morning that I wake,

I look (Em)back at yesterday,

and I'm (Bm)OK.

(Bm)I often wonder why I carry all this (F#7sus)guilt,

(Bm)when it's you that helped me put up all these (F#7sus)walls I built.

(Em)Shadows stir at night through a (Bm)crack in the door,

(Em)the echo of a broken child screaming,

"Please, no more."

(G)Daddy, don't you understand the (Bm)damage you have done?

(G)For you it's just a memory,

but for (F#)me, it still lives on.

(Em)back at yesterday...

(C)It's not so easy to forget

all the marks you left (Am)along her neck;

(C)when I was thrown against cold stairs;

and ev'ry day, afraid to (Am)come home,

in fear of what I might (F#)see next.

(G)Bruises fade, father, but the (D)pain remains the same,

(G)and I still remember how you (D)kept me so afraid.

(G)Strength is my mother for all the (D)love she gave.

And ev'ry (A)morning that I wake,

I look (Em)back at yesterday,

and I'm (Bm)OK.

(Gmaj7)Mm, (F#7sus)I'm (Bm)OK.