My Boy
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Standard tuning.

Intro: D

           D               A/C#
    You're sleeping son, I know
                            Bm
    But, really, this can't wait
                  F#m
    I wanted to explain
                       Bm
    Before it gets too late
                        G
    For your mother and me
                     F#m
    Love has finally died
                     Em
    This is no happy home
                           F#      F#7
    But God knows how I've tried

                   Bm             Em7
    Because you're all I have, my boy
               A7       A         D
    You are my life, my pride, my joy
             Bm/G#          C#7              F#
    And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy


    I know it's hard to understand
    Why did we ever start?
    We're more like strangers now
    Each acting out a part
    I have laughed, I have cried
    I have lost every game
    Taken all I can take
    But I'll stay just the same


    Because you're all I have, my boy
    You are my life, my pride, my joy
    And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy
    Sleep on, you haven't heard a word

    Perhaps it's just as well
    Why spoil your little dreams
    Why put you through the hell
    Life is no fairytale
    As one day you will know
    But now you're just a child
    I'll stay her and watch you grow

    Because you're all I have, my boy
    You are my life, my pride, my joy
    And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy

   A/C#   Bm/G#
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B --2--   --3--
G --2--   --4--
D --2--   --4--
A --4--   -----
E -----   --4--