E                             A
Let me start by saying that I love you
E                                 B
You know that I'd do anything for you
E                                      A
Ever since day one you know you were a wild one
E                  B                E
And keeping you in line was hard to do

E                            A        
I did wrong I know I've been hard on you
E                               B
And in return you put me to the test
E                                          A
And our blood is so much thicker than that water
E                   B          E
All I ever want for you is the best

[Chorus]

          C#m
And it's weighing on my mind
    B
I'm praying all the time
E                          A
Lord just help me see this through
A         
There are people in this world
         B                         C#m
Some are broken some are black and blue
      A                             B
And I know that you'll take care of me
                      E
And I'll take care of you


[Verse 2]

E                                  A
You're gonna want to go to California
   E                                      B
To search for fame or stake your claim to gold
         E                                        A
And that thing you'll talk about what you'll call freedom
E              B                           E
Back in my day well we called that rock-n-roll


[Chorus]

          C#m
And it's weighing on my mind
    B
I'm praying all the time
E                           A
Lord just help her see this through
A         
There are people in this world
         B                         C#m
Some are broken some are black and blue
      A                             B
And I know that you'll take care of me
                      E
And I'll take care of you


[Bridge]

                    A           B
And I watch the sun rise in the sky
E
Another day and another year

And love and dreams and hopes and fears
    A           B            C#m  B    A
And I don't ask why it's the ties that bind


[Verse 3]

E                                 A
Life is good but things are never easy
E                                 B
We laugh and cry and live and die alone
    E                              A
You hold on to the one that really matters
    E              B                       E
You let go of the light when that bird has flown


[Chorus]

         C#m
And it's weighing on my mind
    B
I'm praying all the time
E                           A
Lord just help her see this through
A
There are people in this world
         B                         C#m        A
Some are broken some are black and blue, it's true
      A
And I know that you'll be strong
            B
You'll have faith and you'll know love
       C#m         B              A
You'll have one of your own brand new
      A                             B
And I know that you'll take care of her
                      E
And I'll take care of you