Key: D
Introduction:
C# G#
G#
A smile has never been hard to give
C# G#
But I have learnt that for some it is
C# G#
I saw an ad on a bus last night
A#m Fm
Two pounds a month could help save a life
D#m7 C#
But that's not for some, that's not for some
D#m7
It's only for some
C#
If it's not for one special someone
G#
Then it shall be for none
F# C# G#
And I'm not sure just how much more of this I can
F#
Bear
F# C# G#
I try to talk to God but it seems even he doesn't
F#
Care
F# C#
I've seen the new one he's building, and my
G# F#
How he's made not one mistake
F# C# G#
He told me, 'son, I promise you this one will be so
F# G# C#
Much better than the last one I made'
G#
All my life I've tried to fit in
C# G#
And it's been hard given the colour of my skin
C# G#
But that's okay because I know
A#m Fm
That in a thousand years or so
D#m7 C#
There will be love, there'll be enough love to
D#m7
Cushion all the falls
D#m7 C#
And wistful thinking never stopped us from wanting
G#
It all
F# C# G#
But I'm not sure just how much more of this I can
F#
Bear
F# C# G#
I try to talk to God but it seems even he doesn't
F#
Care
F# C#
I've seen the new one he's building, and my, how
G# F#
He's made not one mistake
F# C# G#
He told me, 'son, I promise you this one will be so
F# G# C#
Much better than the last one I made'
G#
As I walk through the valley of death
I am alone, I am alone
A#m7 Fm
And all those words that you once said, they no
C#
Longer take me home
C# G#
As I walk through the valley of death
I am alone, I am alone
A#m7 Fm
And all those words that you once said, they no
C#
Longer take me home
C# G# A#m Fm
I am alone, I am alone, I am alone, , I am alone
D#m C# F#
And I don't know how much longer I can wait
C# G# F#
He told me, 'son, I promise you this one will be so much better than
G#
The last one
F# G# C#
It will be so much better than the last one I made
C# Fm C# Fm