Tom: G
Introdução:
D C
I want to be the boy that warms your mother's heart
G D
I'm so scared to take you away
C
I tried to win her over right from the start
G D
But something always got in the way
C
We've been sitting in your backyard for hours
G D
But she won't even come out and say hi
C
While my mother baked a little cake for you
G F
And even dreaded when you said goodbye
G
What kind of cartwheels do I have to pull?
D D4 D D7
What kind of joke should I lay on her now?
F G
I'm inclined to go finish high school
A A4A A7
Just to make her notice that I'm around
D C
Well nothing I come up with seems to work
G D
It feels like everything I say is a lie
C
And never have a felt like such a jerk
G D
I'm afraid to even open my eyes
C
Because I really don't want her to judge me
G D
I want to her really know who I am
C
And then, and only then she will love me
G F
Well at least that was the plan
G
If ever a boy needed a holiday
D D4 D D7
If ever a girl needed someone to hold
F G
I just hope I don't act the same way
A A4A A7
By the time that I get that old
D C
I never said I was the heir to a fortune
G D
I never claimed to have any looks
C
But these kind of things must be important
G
Because somebody ripped out my page
A
In your telephone book
D
I want to warm her heart