Capo on 3rd fret
[Intro]
[Am] [Dm] [C] [B7] [E]
[Verse1]
[Am]Mama please stop cryin'
[Dm]I can't stand the sound
[C]Your pain is painful and it's
[B7]Tearing me [E]down
[Am]I hear glasses breakin'
[Dm]As I sit up in my bed
[C]I told dad you didn't mean
[B7]Those nasty things you sa[E]said
[Verse2]
[Am]You fight about money
[Dm]'Bout me and my brother
[C]And this I come home to
[B7]This is [E]my shelter
[Am]It ain't easy, growin' up in world war 3
[Dm]Never known what love could be
You'll see,
[C]I don't want love to destroy me
[B7]Like it has done my fa[E]family
[Pre-chorus]
[Am]Can we work it out (Can we)
[Dm]Can we be a family (Can we)
[C]I promise I'll be better (I promise)
[B7]Mommy I'll do anythi[E]anything (I'll do anything)
[Am]Can we work it out?
[Dm]Can we be a family?
[C]I promise I'll be better
[B7]Daddy please don't le[E]leave
[Interlude]
[Am]Daddy please stop yelling (stop)
[Dm]I can't stand the sound (can't stand the sound)
[C]Make mama stop cryin'
[B7]'Cause I need you aroun[E]around (yeah yeah yeah)
[Am]My mama she loves you (I know it)
[Dm]No matter what she says it's true
[C]I know that she hurts you
[B7]But remember I love[E]love you too!
[Verse4]
[Am]I ran away today, [Dm]ran
from the noise, ran away (ran away)
[C]Don't wanna go back to that place
[B7]But don't have no choice,[E]choice, no way (no choice, no way)
[Am]It ain't easy, growin' up in world war 3
[Dm]Never knowin' what love could be
But I've seen, [C]I don't want love to destroy me
[B7]Like it did my fa[E]family
[Pre-chorus]
[Am]Can we work it out (Can we work it out ohhhhhh!)
[Dm]Can we be a family
[C]I promise I'll be better (I promise)
[B7]Mommy I'll do anythi[E]anything (Anything to keep you here!!!!)
[Am]Can we work it out
[Dm]Can we be a family
[C]I promise I'll be better (I promise, I promise)
[B7]Daddy please don't le[E]leav
[Interlude]
[Am]In our family portrait (In our family portrait)
[Dm]We look pretty happy (We look pretty happy)
[C]Let's play pretend, let's act like it
(let's act let's act let's act like it comes)
[B7]Comes natura[E]naturally
I don't wanna [Am]have to split the holidays (no no)
I don't want [Dm]two addresses (no no no no nooo)
I don't want a [C]stepbrother anyways
And I don't want [B7]my mom to
have to change h[E]her last name!!!!
[Chorus]
(Little kidz chorus)
[Am]In our family portrait
[Dm]We look pretty happy
[C]We look pretty normal
[B7]Lets go back to that[E]that
[Am]In our family portrait
[Dm]We look pretty happy
[C]Lets play pretend, act like it
[B7]Goes naturally [E]
[Verse5]
[Am]In our family portrait (Can we work it out)
[Dm]We look pretty happy (Can we be a family)
[C]We look pretty normal (I promise I'll be better)
[B7]Lets go back to that [E](Mommy I'll do anything)
[Am]In our family portait (Can we work it out)
[Dm]We look pretty happy (Can we be a family)
[C]Lets play pretend (I promise I'll be better)
[B7]Act like it goes naturally[E]naturally,(Daddy please don't leave)
Oh lets go back Oh lets go back that
Remember the days, remember the days
[Chorus]
[Am]In our family portrait (Can we work it out)
[Dm]We look pretty happy (Can we be a family)
[C]We look pretty normal (I promise I'll be better)
[B7]Lets go back to tha[E]that (Mommy I'll do anything)
[Am]In our family portait (Can we work it out)
[Dm]We look pretty happy (Can we be a family)
[C]We look pretty normal (I promise I'll be better)
[B7]Please go back to that[E]that (Daddy please don't leave)
That!!! ohhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
[Bridge]
[Am]Don't leave... don't leave... Daddy don't leave...
[Dm]Don't leave... Daddy don't leave...
[C]Daddy don't leave.. Daddy
don't leave... Daddy dont leave...
[B7]Don't leave... don't leave...
[E]Turn around please... He's so mad
[Am] Remem[Dm]Remember that the night you left
[C] You t[B7]took my shining s[E]star
[Am]Daddy don't leave...
[Dm]Daddy don't leave...
[C]Daddy don't leave...
[B7]Don't leave us here a[E]alone
[Verse6]
[Am]Mama'll be nicer
[Dm]I'll be so much better
[C]I'll tell my brother
[B7]Oh I won't spill the milk at[E]at dinner
[Am]I'll be so much better
[Dm]I'll do everything right
[C]I'll be your little girl forever
[B7]I'll go to sleep at ni[E]night
Ooh no Ooh no
Ooh no Ooh