Verse
B G#m C#m
I didn't know the things you knew then
F# B
She locked herself away to die
G#m C#m
I’ll never know the things you've seen
F#
G# little boy, so scared and not allowed to cry
[Pre-Chorus]
B
Mama with a bottle in her hand
G#m
Daddy with a post-war muddle
C#m
I don't wanna see you struggle no more
Oh, and I know you’re my daddy
F#
I know you're mine, I wanna be kind to you
B
Trouble wasn't subtle back then
G#m
It's the belt or it's the beer bottle
C#m
But I don't wanna see you struggle no more
Call me on satellite
F#
You know I got time, time
[Chorus]
B
I wanna be kind to you
G#m
You know that I try for you
C#m F#
I wanna make time, you know that I try
I always got time for you
B G#m
[Verse 2]
B G#m C#m
We'll never know why we stumbled so low
F#
I locked myself away to die
B G#m C#m
Never alone, but callouses on fingers and all toes
F#
What was theirs is yours, and now it's mine
[Chorus]
B
(I wanna be kind) I wanna be kind to you
G#m
You know that I try for you
C#m F#
I wanna make time, you know that I try
I always got time for you
B
I wanna be kind to you
G#m
You know that I try for you
C#m F#
I wanna make time, you know that I try
I always got time for you
[Bridge]
B
Look at me now, Dad
G#m
Do you see we got out, Dad?
C#m
Was sick and I’m well, Dad
B F#
What a wonderful life we have
B
You were a sad boy, Dad
G#m
Drinking too many tins, Dad
C#m
You read all the things and found love, Dad
F#
You found love, Dad
Well, look at us now (Look at us now, Dad)
B
Still driving us all mad
G#m
We know you love attention (Look at us now, Dad)
C#m
That flicker in your eye, Dad
F#
Why you wanna cause friction? (Look at us now, Dad)
B G#m
You’re out the door before we can tell you to be, Dad
C#m
You really drive us all mad, Dad
F#
You really drive us up the wall, Dad
B
You really drive us all mad
[Chorus]
B
I wanna be kind to you
G#m
You know that I try for you
C#m F#
I wanna make time, you know that I try
I always got time for you
B
I wanna be kind to you
G#m
You know that I try for you
C#m F#
I wanna make time, you know that I try
I always got time for you (Time for you)
[Outro]
B G#m
Look at me now, Dad (Look at us now, Dad)
C#m
I look at you now, Dad (Look at us now, Dad)
F#
Well, look at us now, Dad (Look at us now, Dad)
B
On top of the world, Dad (Look at us now, Dad)
G#m
Look at me now, Dad (Look at us now, Dad)
C#m
I look at you now, Dad (Look at us now, Dad)
F#
Well, look at us now, Dad (Look at us now, Dad)
N.B
Look at us now, Dad
N.B
Look at us now, Dad