D Dmaj7
When I rearrange the pieces of the puzzle of my past
D6 Em7
I sigh at the heartaches relive the laughs
A Em
I think about the moments that have left their mark
A Em A D
And the too few faces that shine a little light in the dark
C G
If you don't mind I'm gonna tell you a story
D A
And I think it won't bore you
C G D A
For it's a tale that I've never told to anyone before you
'Cause it's for you
D - Em7 - D/F# - G - D/A - G/B - C - Em7 - A
D - G - D - A/C# - Bm - A - G - A - G/D
G - D/F# - A/E - D
D F#m Bm D
The sun of sixteen summers had put halos in your hair
G F#m Em A
If anything was in my head twelve winters put it there
D F#m Bm D
A dollar an hour is what Momma paid you to come and mind her kids
G F#m Em7sus4 A
But no one could really pay you enough for what you really did
D Em7 D/F# G
Many happy things keep happening on my journey through this world
D/A G/B Asus4 A
And in ways that I will never understand
D G D - A/C# - Bm - A
I was much too late to be the first to make you a woman
G A G/D - G - D/F# - A/E - D
But you were the one that made my mother's son a man
D F#m Bm D
You know I used to read myself to sleep when I went to bed
G F#m Em A
I guess I was a dreamer then who lived inside my head
D F#m Bm D
But the night you came you talked of things I found I had a friend
G F#m Em7sus4 A
You brought my fears of people to a sure and gentle end
D Em7 D/F# G
Many happy things keep happening on my journey through this world
D/A G/B Asus4 A
And in ways that I will never understand
D G D - A/C# - Bm - A
I was much too late to be the first to make you a woman
G A G/D - G - D/F# - A/E - D
But you were the one that made my mother's son a man
C G
Do you remember the night when you turned out the light
D A
And said to me "Please hold me"
C G D A
I did not know which way to go so I did just what you told me
Please hold me
D F#m Bm D
When I think about you now it's not that my memory fails
G F#m Em A
There's just no need for graphic tellin' all of the details
D F#m Bm D
Let's just say you taught me something that brought me from my shell
G F#m Em7sus4 A
You gave to me that first sweet taste of heaven here in this hell
D Em7 D/F# G
Many happy things keep happening on my journey through this world
D/A G/B Asus4 A
And in ways that I will never understand
D G D - A/C# - Bm - A
I was much too late to be the first to make you a woman
G A G/D
But you were the one that made my mother's son a man
G - D/F# - A/E - D
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