Year: 2002 - Album: Stripped
Written by Christina Aguilera, Linda Perry
Intro: Bm Bm/A Gmaj7 F#sus 2x Verse1: Bm Bm/A Gmaj7 F#7sus Once upon a time there was a girl. Bm Bm/A Gmaj7 F#7sus In her early years she had to learn Bm Bm/A Gmaj7 F#7sus How to grow up living in a war that she called home Bm Bm/A Gmaj7 F#7sus Never knew just where to turn for shelter from the storm Em Bm It hurt me to see the pain across my mother's face Em Everytime my father's fist would F# Put her in her place G Bm Hearing all the yelling I would cry up in my room G F# Hoping it would be over soon...Verse2: Bm Bm/A Gmaj7 F#7sus I often wonder why I carry all this guilt, Bm Bm/A Gmaj7 F#7sus When it's you that helped me put up all these walls I built Em Bm Shadows stir at night through a crack in the door Em F# The echo of a broken child screaming "please, no more" G Bm Daddy, don't you understand the damage you have done? G F# For you it's just a memory, but for me it still lives on...G D Bruises fade, father, but the pain remains the same G D And I still remember how you kept me so afraid G D Strength is my mother, for all the love she gave A Em And ev'ry morning that I wake, I look back at yesterday Bm Bm/A Gmaj7 F#7sus And I'm ok...Bridge: C G/B Am It's not so easy to forget C G/B Am All the marks you left along her neck C G/B Am When I was thrown against cold stairs C G/B Am And ev'ry day afraid to come home, F# In fear of, what I might see next...G D Bruises fade father but the pain remains the same G D And I still remember how you kept me so afraid G D Strength is my mother for all the love she gave A Em And ev'ry morning that I wake, I look back at yesterday...G D Bruises fade, father, but the pain remains the same G D And I still remember how you kept me so afraid G D Strength is my mother, for all the love she gave A Em And ev'ry morning that I wake, I look back at yesterday Bm Bm/A Gmaj7 F#7sus And I'm ok... Mm... Bm I'm ok...
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