tonalidad: Gm (forma de los acordes en la tonalidad de F#m )
Afinación:
E A D G B E
Capo en 1ª traste
[Intro] F#m A E F#m
F#m A E F#m
[Primeira Parte]
F#m A E F#m
Cross the border in the summer of '73
A E F#m
Left my mother to go after the American Dream
A E F#m
Ooh, threw away my name
A E F#m
Ooh, it's easier when it sounds the same
[Segunda Parte]
A E F#m
All I ever wanted was for you to have a better chance
A E F#m
Go to college, find a good girl that you take to a dance
Cm Bm
Ooh
F#m
Pictured you with her
Cm Bm
Ooh
F#m G
But that was never who you were
[Refrão]
D A E F#m
And I'm sorry for the things I've done
D A E F#m
A misguided love to my only son
D A E F#m
Trying to protect you, but I guess I was wrong
D Dm F#m
So send my love, send my love to John
( A E F#m )
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[Terceira Parte]
F#m A E F#m
Saw the way the kids treated you every day at school
A
I should've blamed them, but instead
E F#m
I hid behind the Bible's rules
Cm Bm
Ooh
F#m
Prayed to God above
Cm Bm
Ooh
F#m G
But all you needed was my love
[Refrão]
D A E F#m
And I'm sorry for the things I've done
D A E F#m
A misguided love to my only son
D A E F#m
We had both had to leave our mothers to get the things we want
D Dm Cm Bm F#m
So send my love, send my love to John
Cm Bm F#m
Oh, John
[Ponte]
Bm
And I see that he takes care of you
Cm
From the food he makes
D
He's there for you in all
E
The ways I never was, ooh
[Refrão]
D A E F#m
And I'm sorry for the things I've done
D A E F#m
A misguided love to my only son
D A E F#m
But I love to see you happy and right where you belong
D Dm D Dm
So send my love, oh, send my love, send
F#m A E F#m
My love to John
[Final] F#m A E F#m