Love For a Child

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[Verse]

           A
There's a picture on my kitchen wall
            C#m
Looks like Jesus and his friends 
involved
          F#                       
There's a party getting started in 
    Bm
the yard
          Bm              Dm      
There's a couple getting steamy in
      A        C#m       F#m
 the car parked in the drive
   Bm                              
Was I too young to see this with my
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 eyes?


[Verse 2]

        A
By the pool last night, apparently
     C#m
The chemicals weren't mixed properly
    F#                           
You hit your head and then forgot 
       Bm
your name
              Bm             Dm   
And then you woke up at the bottom
           A     C#m    F#m
 by the drain
              Bm                   
And now your altitude and memory's 
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a shame


[Chorus]

A            Bm7        C#m7    
 What about taking this empty 
       Bm7
cup and filling it up
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         A                    
With a little bit more of some 
  Bm7
innocence
   C#m7                    Bm7    
I haven't had enough, it's 
                        A
probably because when you're young
       C#7        D       Dm7
It's okay to be easily ignored
Dm7                       (D E 
F-walk-up notes on the A string)
I like to believe it was all about
             A
love for a child


[Verse 3]

And when the house was left in 
C#m
shambles
                    F#         
Who was there to handle all the 
                 Bm
broken bits of glass
       Bm             Dm          
Was it mom who put my dad out on 
    A         C#m        F#m
his ass or the other way around
         Bm                        
Well I'm far too old to care about 
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that now


[Chorus]

A            Bm7        C#m7    
 What about taking this empty 
       Bm7
cup and filling it up
         A                      Bm7
With a little bit more of innocence
   C#m7                    Bm7    
I haven't had enough, it's 
                        A
probably because when you're young
       C#7        D       Dm7
It's okay to be easily ignored
Dm7                       (D E 
F-walk-up notes on the A string)
I'd like to believe it was all about
             A
love for a child


[Verse 4]

G              Bm                
   It's kinda nice to work the 
A                C#m
floor since the divorce
             G            
I've been enjoying both my 
    Bm                          A
Christmases and my birthday cakes
     G                Bm          
And taking drugs and making love 
   A              C#m
at far too young an age
          G
and they never check to see my 
grades
        E                  
What a fool I'd be to start 
     E/G#      A
complaining now


[Chorus]

A            Bm7        C#m7    
 What about taking this empty 
       Bm7
cup and filling it up
         A                      Bm7
With a little bit more of innocence
   C#m7                    Bm7    
I haven't had enough, it's 
                        A
probably because when you're young
       C#7        D       Dm7
It's okay to be easily ignored
Dm7                       (D E 
F-walk-up notes on the A string)
I'd love to believe it's all about
             A
love for a child