[Intro]
| C | % |
[Verse]
You're sleeping son, I [G/B]know
But, really, this can't [Am]wait
I wanted to ex[Em]plain
Before it gets too [Am]late
For your mother and [Fmaj7]me
Love has finally [Em7]died
This is no happy [Dm]home
| E7sus4 | E7 |
But God knows how I've tried
[Chorus]
Because you're [Am]all I have, my [Dm]boy
You are my [G]life, my pride, my [Cmaj7]joy
F#m7-5 B7-9 B7 | E7sus4 | E7 |
And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy (break)
[Verse]
| C | C G/B
I know it's hard to understand
Why did we ever [Am]start?
We're more like strangers [Em]now
Each acting out a [Am]part
I have laughed, I have [Fmaj7]cried
I have lost every [Em7]game
Taken all I can [Dm]take
| E7sus4 | E7 |
But I'll stay here just the same
[Chorus]
Because you're [Am]all I have, my [Dm]boy
You are my [G]life, my pride, my [Cmaj7]joy
F#m7-5 B7-9 B7 | E7sus4 | E7 |
And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy (break)
[Verse]
| C | C G/B
Sleep on, you haven't heard a word
Perhaps it's just as [Am]well
Why spoil your little [Em]dreams
Why put you through the [Am]hell
Life is no fairy[Fmaj7]tale
As one day you will [Em7]know
But now you're just a [Dm]child
| E7sus4 | E7 |
I'll stay here and watch you grow
[Chorus]
Because you're [Am]all I have, my [Dm]boy
You are my [G]life, my pride, my [Cmaj7]joy
F#m7-5 B7-9 B7 | E7sus4 | E7 |
And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy (break)
[Chorus]
Yeah, because you're [Am]all I have, my [Dm]boy
You are my [G]life, my pride, my [Cmaj7]joy
F#m7-5 B7-9 B7 | E7sus4 | E7 |
And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy (break)
(repeat and fade)
| C | % |
[Verse]
You're sleeping son, I [G/B]know
But, really, this can't [Am]wait
I wanted to ex[Em]plain
Before it gets too [Am]late
For your mother and [Fmaj7]me
Love has finally [Em7]died
This is no happy [Dm]home
| E7sus4 | E7 |
But God knows how I've tried
[Chorus]
Because you're [Am]all I have, my [Dm]boy
You are my [G]life, my pride, my [Cmaj7]joy
F#m7-5 B7-9 B7 | E7sus4 | E7 |
And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy (break)
[Verse]
| C | C G/B
I know it's hard to understand
Why did we ever [Am]start?
We're more like strangers [Em]now
Each acting out a [Am]part
I have laughed, I have [Fmaj7]cried
I have lost every [Em7]game
Taken all I can [Dm]take
| E7sus4 | E7 |
But I'll stay here just the same
[Chorus]
Because you're [Am]all I have, my [Dm]boy
You are my [G]life, my pride, my [Cmaj7]joy
F#m7-5 B7-9 B7 | E7sus4 | E7 |
And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy (break)
[Verse]
| C | C G/B
Sleep on, you haven't heard a word
Perhaps it's just as [Am]well
Why spoil your little [Em]dreams
Why put you through the [Am]hell
Life is no fairy[Fmaj7]tale
As one day you will [Em7]know
But now you're just a [Dm]child
| E7sus4 | E7 |
I'll stay here and watch you grow
[Chorus]
Because you're [Am]all I have, my [Dm]boy
You are my [G]life, my pride, my [Cmaj7]joy
F#m7-5 B7-9 B7 | E7sus4 | E7 |
And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy (break)
[Chorus]
Yeah, because you're [Am]all I have, my [Dm]boy
You are my [G]life, my pride, my [Cmaj7]joy
F#m7-5 B7-9 B7 | E7sus4 | E7 |
And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy (break)
(repeat and fade)