Intro: Bm  G

Verse 1:
Bm
Four years old with my
G
back to the door
Bm
All I could hear
G
was the family war
Bm
Your selfish hands
A    G
always expecting more
Bm
Am I your child or
A   G
just a charity award?

Refrain:
Bm
You have a hollowed out heart
G
But it’s heavy in your chest
Em
I try so hard to fight it
D
But it’s hopeless
Bm      G       Em
hopeless You’re hopeless

Chorus 1:
G          Bm
Oh father  please father
D
I’d love to leave you alone
G
but I can’t let you go
G          Bm
Oh father  please father
D                G
Put the bottle down for
the love of a daughter

Post Chorus: Bm D G

Verse 2:
Bm
It’s been 5 years since
G
we’ve spoken last
Bm
And you can’t take back
G
what we never had oh
Bm
I can be manipulated
A              G
only so many times
Bm
Before even “I love you”
G
starts to sound like a lie

(Repeat Refrain)

Chorus 2:
G          Bm
Oh father  please father
D
I’d love to leave you alone
G
but I can’t let you go
G          Bm
Oh father  please father
D                G
Put the bottle down for
G       A
the love of a daughter

Bridge:
Bm
Don’t you remember
D
I’m your baby girl?
F#/Bb
How could you push me
D
out of your world?
A
Lied to your flesh
and your blood
E/G#
Put your hands on the ones
that you swore you loved
Bm
Don’t you remember
I’m your baby girl?
F#/Bb
How could you throw me
right out of your world?
A
So young when the pain had begun
E/G#
Now forever afraid of being loved

Chorus 3:
G          Bm
Oh father  please father
D
I’d love to leave you alone
G
but I can’t let you go
G          Bm             D  G
Oh father  please father!!!
G          Bm
Oh father  please father
D                G
Put the bottle down for
G  Bm D G
the love of a daughter
G       Bm D
for the love of a daughter

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