[Intro] Am  C  F  E

Am                          C
Too petty, his little girl, you've gone so far
Am                                 C
Keep begging until you're smiling, you're a movie star
Am             C        F           E
Songs from the 50s your mom used to sing
    Am             C                  F               E
Oh, in the kitchen while she's making dinner for your family

Am                        C
Keep dreaming, baby girl, keep your head up high
Am                            C
Waiting for your mama to sing lullabies
Am                               C
Well daddy isn't here and mama's smoking stacks
    Am                C                       F      E
Oh, headaches from the smoke you smell ain't getting wrecked

G                       Am
Closer to encourage and I'll be awake
G                                      E
Sing yourself to sleep learn how to be afraid
G                             Am
All you haven't got, always a rivalry
G                                                  E
While your lungs are filled with all the smoke you breathe

Am                            C
Don't you worry now you sleep you little thing
Am                                C
Daddy will come back and therefore he will sing
Am                 C       F         E
Sing your precious lullaby to you he will
      Am              C               F    E
While mama smokes her cancer till the dawn still

G                       Am
Closer to encourage and I'll be awake
G                                      E
Sing yourself to sleep learn how to be afraid
G                             Am
All you haven't got, always a rivalry
G                                                  E
While your lungs are filled with all the smoke you breathe

G                       Am
Closer to encourage and I'll be awake
G                                      E
Sing yourself to sleep learn how to be afraid
G                       Am
All you haven't got, always a rivalry
G                                                  E
While your lungs are filled with all the smoke you breathe