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