Key: C
Introduction:
F Fm C
I guess I'll never know my father,
F Fm C
My memory don't go back that far
F Fm C
They just put me on a train bound for somewhere
G F Fm
And all these years later a lump comes to my heart
C E F Fm
I met her once at Waterloo Station
C E F Fm
Said I reminded her of him
C E F Fm
I spoke to my sister then and sang to the nation
C E F Fm
Well I guess I just lost track of the years
C G F Fm
Even angels have bad days
C G F Fm
And if you're alone you never really are
C G F Fm
Just know had circumstances been different
C G F Fm
I would be with you, love mama
C E F Fm
I found her number in the library
C E F Fm
I must have dialed it a thousand times
C E F Fm
But I still get the same answer
C E F
The old lady who lived here, she disappeared
Fm
Maybe she died
C G F Fm
Even angels have bad days
C G F Fm
And if you're alone you never really are
C G F Fm
Just know had circumstances been different
C G F Fm
I would be with you, love mama
C E F Fm
She said she had a brother in Virginia Waters
C E F Fm
He played the fiddle on the side
C E F Fm
She said maybe that's where you get your music (uh huh)
C E F Fm
But that's also where the trail just died
C G F Fm
Even angels have bad days
C G F Fm
And if you're alone you never really are
C G F Fm
Just know had circumstances been different
C G F Fm
I would be with you, love mama
C E F Fm
So if you hear this Jean Russel, or Jimmy Palace?
C E F Fm
Just know I'm out here doing fine
C E F Fm
And maybe if the moment finds you
C E F Fm
You could always come my way or drop me a line
C G F Fm
Even angels have bad days
C G F Fm
And if you're alone you never really are
C G F Fm
Just know had circumstances been different
C G F Fm
I would be with you, love mama