Chords Used:
C Am F D Bb E7 C7 Fmaj7
E|--------------1---1-----------0--------|
B|--1---1---1---3---3---3---1---1--------|
G|--0---2---2---2---3---1---3---2--------|
D|--2---2---3---0---3---0---2---3--------|
A|--3---0---3-----------2---3------------|
E|----------------------0----------------|
[Verse]
C Am F
We carried you in our arms
Dm
on Independence Day
Bb F
And now you'd throw us all aside
C
and put us all away
C Am F
Oh, what dear daughter 'neath the sun
Dm
could treat a father so?
Bb F
To wait upon him hand and foot
C
and always tell him "No"
[Chorus]
E7 Am
Tears of rage, tears of grief
F C
Why must I always be the thief?
E7 Am
Come to me now, you know we're so low
F C7 Fmaj7 C
And life is brief
[Verse]
C Am F
It was all very painless
Dm
When you went out to receive
Bb F
All that false instruction
C
Which we never could believe
C Am F
And now the heart is filled with gold
Dm
As if it was a purse
Bb F
But, oh, what kind of love is this
C
Which goes from bad to worse?
[Chorus]
E7 Am
Tears of rage, tears of grief
F C
Why must I always be the thief?
E7 Am
Come to me now, you know we're so low
F C7 Fmaj7 C
And life is brief
[Verse]
C Am F
We pointed you the way to go
Dm
And scratched your name in sand
Bb F
Though you just thought it was nothing more
C
Than a place for you to stand
C Am F
I want you to know that while we watched
Dm
You discovered no one would be true
Bb
And I myself was among
F
the ones who thought
C
It was just a childish thing to do
[Chorus]
E7 Am
Tears of rage, tears of grief
F C
Why must I always be the thief?
E7 Am
Come to me now, you know we're so low
F C7 Fmaj7 C
And life is brief
