[D]Seven weeks have passed now[A] since she left me,
[Bm]She shows her face to [G]ask me how I am
[D]She says the kids are fine[A] and that they miss me
[Bm]Maybe I could come and [G]baby-sit sometime
[A]She says, "are you o.k? I was[Bm] worried a[G]bout you.
[A]"Can you forgive me? I [Bm]hope that you'll be [G]happy."
[D]I'm so happy that I [A]can't stop crying
[Bm]I'm so happy I'm [G]laughing through my tears
[A]I saw a friend of mine. he said, "[Bm]I was worried ab[G]out you
[A]I heard she had another man, I w[Bm]ondered how you [G]felt about it
[D]I'm so happy that I [A]can't stop crying
[Bm]I'm so happy I'm [G]laughing through my tears
[A]Saw my lawyer, Mr. [Bm]good news, he [G]got me
[A]Joint custody and [Bm]legal sepa[G]ration
[D]I'm so happy that I [D/C]can't stop crying
[D/Bb]I'm laughing through my tears,
I'm laughing through my tears[D/C][D/Bb]
[D]I took a walk alone last n[F#m]ight.
I looked up at the [Bm]stars
To try to find an [G]answer in my life
[D]I chose a star for me, I chose a [F#m]star for him
[Bm]I chose two stars for my kids and [G]one star for my wife
[A]Something made me smile.
[Bm]Something seemed to [G]ease the pain
[A]Something about the universe and [Bm]how it's all con[G]nected
[D]The park is full of sunday fathers, [A]and melted ice cream
[Bm]We try to do the best, with[G]in the given time
[D]A kid should be with his mother, [A]everybody knows that
[Bm]What can a father do but [G]baby-sit sometimes?
[A]I saw that friend of mine, he said,[Bm] "you look different [G]somehow."
[A]I said, "everybody's got to [Bm]leave this darkness [G]sometime."
[D]I'm so happy that I [D/C]can't stop crying,
[D/Bb]I'm laughing through my tears,
I'm laughing through my tears[D/C]
[D]I'm so happy that I [D/C]can't stop crying
[D/Bb]I'm laughing through my tears,
I'm laughing through my tears.[D/C][D]
[Bm]She shows her face to [G]ask me how I am
[D]She says the kids are fine[A] and that they miss me
[Bm]Maybe I could come and [G]baby-sit sometime
[A]She says, "are you o.k? I was[Bm] worried a[G]bout you.
[A]"Can you forgive me? I [Bm]hope that you'll be [G]happy."
[D]I'm so happy that I [A]can't stop crying
[Bm]I'm so happy I'm [G]laughing through my tears
[A]I saw a friend of mine. he said, "[Bm]I was worried ab[G]out you
[A]I heard she had another man, I w[Bm]ondered how you [G]felt about it
[D]I'm so happy that I [A]can't stop crying
[Bm]I'm so happy I'm [G]laughing through my tears
[A]Saw my lawyer, Mr. [Bm]good news, he [G]got me
[A]Joint custody and [Bm]legal sepa[G]ration
[D]I'm so happy that I [D/C]can't stop crying
[D/Bb]I'm laughing through my tears,
I'm laughing through my tears[D/C][D/Bb]
[D]I took a walk alone last n[F#m]ight.
I looked up at the [Bm]stars
To try to find an [G]answer in my life
[D]I chose a star for me, I chose a [F#m]star for him
[Bm]I chose two stars for my kids and [G]one star for my wife
[A]Something made me smile.
[Bm]Something seemed to [G]ease the pain
[A]Something about the universe and [Bm]how it's all con[G]nected
[D]The park is full of sunday fathers, [A]and melted ice cream
[Bm]We try to do the best, with[G]in the given time
[D]A kid should be with his mother, [A]everybody knows that
[Bm]What can a father do but [G]baby-sit sometimes?
[A]I saw that friend of mine, he said,[Bm] "you look different [G]somehow."
[A]I said, "everybody's got to [Bm]leave this darkness [G]sometime."
[D]I'm so happy that I [D/C]can't stop crying,
[D/Bb]I'm laughing through my tears,
I'm laughing through my tears[D/C]
[D]I'm so happy that I [D/C]can't stop crying
[D/Bb]I'm laughing through my tears,
I'm laughing through my tears.[D/C][D]
