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