[Intro] F#m  A  E  F#m
        F#m  A  E  F#m

[First Part]

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

[Chorus]

         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

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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

[Chorus]

         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

[Bridge]

      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

[Chorus]

         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

[Outro] F#m  A  E  F#m