Madonna - Mother And Father Chords

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There was a time when I was happy in my life.
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There was a time when I thought I'd live forever.
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There was a time when I prayed to Jesus Christ.
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There was a time I had a mother, it was nice.

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Oh mother, why aren't you here with me.
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No one else saw the things that you could see.
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I'm trying hard to dry my tears.
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Yes father, you know I'm not so free.

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Nobody else would ever take the place of you.
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Nobody else could do the things that you could do.
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Nobody else could ever hurt me like you did.
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I didn't understand, I was just a kid.

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Oh mother, why aren't you here with me.
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No one else saw the things that you could see.
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I'm trying hard to dry my tears.
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Yes father, you know I'm not so free.

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I got to give it up, find someone to love me.
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I got to let it go, find someone that I can care for.
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I got to give it up, find someone to love me.
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I got to let it go, find someone that I can care for.

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My mother died when I was five and all I did was sit and cry.
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I cried and cried and cried all day until the neighbours went away.
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They couldn't take my loneliness, I couldn't take their phoniness.
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My father had to go to work, I used to think he was a jerk.
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I didn't know his heart was broke and not another word was spoke
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and he became a shadow of the father I was dreaming of.
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I made a vow that I would never need another person ever.
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Turned my heart into a cage, a victim of a kind of rage.    

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I got to give it up, find somebody to love. Find someone that I can care for.
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I got to give it up, find somebody to love. Find someone that I can care for.

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I got to give it up, I got to give it up, I got to give it up. 
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I got to give it up, I got to give it up.
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I got to let it go,  I got to give it up.
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Oh mother, oh father, I got to give it up.

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