Key: D
Introduction:
D A
Seven weeks have passed now since she left me,
Bm G
She shows her face to ask me how I am
D A
She says the kids are fine and that they miss me
Bm G
Maybe I could come and baby-sit sometime
A Bm G
She says, "are you o.k? I was worried about you.
A Bm G
"Can you forgive me? I hope that you'll be happy."
D A
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
Bm G
I'm so happy I'm laughing through my tears
A Bm G
I saw a friend of mine. he said, "I was worried about you
A Bm G
I heard she had another man, I wondered how you felt about it
D A
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
Bm G
I'm so happy I'm laughing through my tears
A Bm G
Saw my lawyer, Mr. good news, he got me
A Bm G
Joint custody and legal separation
D D/C
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
D
I'm laughing through my tears,
D/C D
I'm laughing through my tears
D F#m
I took a walk alone last night.
Bm
I looked up at the stars
G
To try to find an answer in my life
D F#m
I chose a star for me, I chose a star for him
Bm G
I chose two stars for my kids and one star for my wife
A
Something made me smile.
Bm G
Something seemed to ease the pain
A Bm G
Something about the universe and how it's all connected
D A
The park is full of sunday fathers, and melted ice cream
Bm G
We try to do the best, within the given time
D A
A kid should be with his mother, everybody knows that
Bm G
What can a father do but baby-sit sometimes?
A Bm G
I saw that friend of mine, he said, "you look different somehow."
A Bm G
I said, "everybody's got to leave this darkness sometime."
D D/C
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying,
D
I'm laughing through my tears,
D/C
I'm laughing through my tears
D D/C
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
D
I'm laughing through my tears,
D/C D
I'm laughing through my tears