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No Son Of Mine

Key: D

Introduction:  Em   C   D   B4   Em   D   Bm   C  

difficulty
intermediate |||||
 Em                             C 
  Well the key to my survival
         D                         B 
Was never in much doubt
         Em                             D 
The question was how I could keep sane
 B                               C 
Trying to find a way out
 Em                                 C 
  Things were never easy for me
                   D                               B 
Peace of mind was hard to find
             D                                       A 
And I needed a place where I could hide
 C                                           G 
Somewhere I could call mine
 Em                         C 
I didn't think much about it
               D                                                 B 
Til it started happening all the time
 Em                                                 D 
Soon I was living with the fear everyday
       Bm                                         C 
Of what might happen that night
 Em                                   C 
I couldn't stand to hear the
                           D 
Crying of my mother
                               B 
And I remember when
                             D 
I swore that, that would be the
                         A 
Last they'd see of me
             C                             G 
And I never went home again
(bridge)
 D                                             E 
  They say the time is a healer
                       D                                   E 
And now my wounds are not the same
 D                                               E 
  I rang the bell with my heart in my mouth
     D                                         E 
I had to hear what he'd say
 C                                   G 
  He sat me down to talk to me
 D                                                         A 
  He looked me straight in the eyes
(chorus)
 D           G                           D                 C 
  You're no son, you're no son of mine
 D         G                           D                 C 
  You're no son, you're no son of mine
 G                                     C             D 
You walked out, you left us behind
 G                                   C9               D               G                      C 
And you're no son, no son of mine
 C                                                               D                   Em           C     D 
Oh, his words how they hurt me, I'll never forget it
   C                                                          D 
  And as the time, it went by, I lived to regret it
 Em                                       C                         D 
You're no son, you're no son of mine
                                       D 
But where should I go,
         C 
And what should I do
 Em                                       C 
You're no son, you're no son of mine
 D                                                         C                     Em 
  But I came here for help, oh I came here for you
  C   D     B4     Em     D     Bm     C) 
(verses)
                   Em                                     C 
Well the years they passed so slowly
 D                                     B4 
I thought about him everyday
 Em                                         D 
What would I do, if we passed on the street
 B                                       C 
Would I keep running away
 Em                                       C 
  In and out of hiding places
 D                                                 B 
Soon I'd have to face the facts
           D                                       A 
We'd have to sit down and talk it over
         C                                         G 
And that would mean going back
(bridge)
 D                                           E 
They say the time is a healer
                       D                                   E 
And now my wounds are not the same
                         D                       E 
I rang that bell with my heart in my mouth
     D                                         E 
I had to hear what he'd say
 C                                   G 
  He sat me down to talk to me
 D                                                         Am7 
  He looked me straight in the eyes
(chorus)
 D           G                           D                 C 
  You're no son, you're no son of mine
 D           G                           D                 C 
  You're no son, you're no son of mine
 G                                       C             D 
  You walked out, you left us behind
 G                                     C9               D               G                      C   D 
  And you're no son, no son of mine
 C                                                               D                   Em               C     D 
Oh, his words how they hurt me, I'll never forget it
   C                                                          D 
  And as the time, it went by, I lived to regret it
 Em                                         C                         D 
  You're no son, you're no son of mine
                                       D 
But where should I go,
         C 
And what should I do
 Em                                         C 
  You're no son, you're no son of mine
 D                                                         C                     Em 
  But I came here for help, oh I was looking for you
 Em                                       C                               D 
You're no son, you're no son of mine     oh
 B4                           Em                               C                               D 
You're no son     ha yeah, ha yeah, ha yeah, ha yeah ha yeah
                           B4                                     Em                     C                   D                 B4 
You're no son, you're no son of mine     oh, oh...

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