Key: B
Introduction:
Bb
One day the boy decided
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To let them know the way he felt inside
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He could not stand to hide it
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His mother she broke down and cried
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Oh my father
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Why don't you talk to me now
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Oh my mother
Bb F
Do you still cry yourself to sleep
Bb F
Are you still proud of your little boy
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Don't be afraid
Bb
You don't have to hide away
Bb
The boy he was rejected
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By the people that he cared for
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It's not what they expected
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But he could not keep it secret anymore
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Far from home now
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Waiting by the telephone
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There's a new world
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You can make it on your own
Bb F
Are you still proud of your little boy
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Don't be afraid
Bb
You don't have to hide away
Bb D#m
Don't be afraid
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Love will mend your broken wing
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Time will slip away
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Learn to be brave
F
Oh my father
Bb D#
Why don't you talk to me now
F Dm
Oh my mother
Bb F
Do you still cry yourself to sleep
Bb F
Are you still proud of your little boy
D# F D#
Don't be afraid
Bb
You don't have to hide away
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No
Bb D#m
Don't be afraid
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Love will mend your broken wing
Bb D#m
Time will slip away
D# Bb
Learn to be brave
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(Fade out)