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