Key: G
Introduction: G C D G
C G
Saying things we both regret
C G
And you scream, you were leaving
D
And you cursed the day we met
C D G
Then a sound rose above the slamming door
Em C
And broken dishes thrown around the floor
G
So loud it made us stop
Am G/B C D
It was the sound of a teardrop___
C G
When I heard her crying
C D G
Thought she was tucked away in bed
G/F# Em C
I heard her crying
D
Wish we could take back what we said
C D G
I didn't think she was old enough to know
G/F# Em C
Oh lord, we must have hurt her so
G
When she begged you not to go
D G D G
I heard her crying
G
Well, I'd have given anything
C G
For time to erase
C G
When I turned around and saw
D
Those little tears roll down her face
C D G
Oh, my heart nearly broke in two
Em C
When she said, "Mommy what did I do
G
To make you and daddy mad
Am D
Oh, I'm sorry I was bad"
G
Well, I looked at you and you looked at me
C G
And we felt each other's shame
C G
Then kneeling down to hold our child
D
Said, she was not to blame
C D
"Now sometimes when we're angry
G Em
And say things that aren't true
C G
But we still love each other
D G
And baby, we love you"
C G
And I heard her crying
C D G
Thought she was tucked away in bed
G/F# Em C
Oh, I heard her crying
D
Wish we could take back what we said
C D G
I didn't think she was old enough to know
G/F# Em C
Oh lord, we must have hurt her so
G
When she begged you not to go
D G D G
I heard her crying