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(INTRO)
C
Am
(VER)
C
I knew a boy once when I was s
Am
mall
A towhead blond with eyes of s
C
alt
He played the drum in the marching b
Am
and
C
His parents cared more about the B
Am
ible
Than being good to their own ch
C
ild
He wore long sleeves ’cause of his
Am
dad
(CHO)
And s
Fmaj7
omehow we fell out of t
Am
ouch
Hope he t
Fmaj7
ook his bad deal
And made a royal f
Am
lush
Don’t k
Fmaj7
now if I’ll see you again som
Am
eday
But if you’re o
G
ut
there
G7
I hope that you’re o
C
kay
(INTERLUDE)
C
Am
(VER)
C
My middle school friend grew up a
Am
lone
She raised her brothers on hеr o
C
wn
Her parents hated who shе l
Am
oved
S
C
he couldn’t wait to go to c
Am
ollege
She was tired, ’cause she was br
C
ought
Into a world
Where f
Am
amily was merely blood
(CHO)
Does she k
Fmaj7
now how proud
I am she was c
Am
reated?
With the c
Fmaj7
ourage
to unlearn all of their h
Am
atred?
We
Fmaj7
don’t talk much
But I just gotta
Am
say
I m
G
iss
you
G7
And I hope that you’re o
C
kay
(BRI)
A
C
ddress the letters
Am
To the holes in my butterfly wings
No
C
thing’s
forever
Am
Nothing’s as good as it
Fmaj7
seems
And when the clouds won’t i
Am
ron
out
And the monsters creep into your h
C
ouse
Every door is hard to cl
G
ose
(OUTRO)
Well, I hope you k
Fmaj7
now how proud
I am you were cr
Am
eated
With the c
Fmaj7
ourage
to unlearn all of their h
Am
atred
God,
Fmaj7
I hope that you’re happier t
Am
oday
‘Cause I l
G
ove
you
G7
And I hope that you’re o
C
kay
C
Am
C
Am
