I'm Ok Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

AmOnce upon a time there was a girl Em

AmIn her early years she had to learn E

FHow to grow up living in a war that she called home Em

FNever knew just where to turn for shelter from the storm E

AmHurt me to see the pain across my mother's face Em

FEvery time my father's fist would put her in her place E

FHearing all the yelling, I would cry up in my room Em

AmHoping it would be over soEon

FBruises fade father, but the pain remains the same C

FAnd I still remember how you kept me so afraid C

FStrength is my mother for all the love she gave C

FAnd every morning that I wake I look back at yesterday Am

and I'm okay

AmI often wonder why I've carried all this guilEmt

AmWhen it's you that helped me put up all thEese walls I've built

FShadows stir at night through a crack in thEme door

FThe echo of a broken child screaming "please, no Emore"

FDaddy don't you understand the damage you have Emdone?

FFor you it's just a memory, but for me it still Elives on

FBruises fade father, but the pain remains the same C

FAnd I still remember how you kept me so afraid C

FStrength is my mother for all the love she gave C

FAnd every morning that I wake I look back at yesterday Am

and I'm okay

FIt's not so easy to foEmrget

FAll the marks you left alongE her neck

FWhen I was thrown against cold staiEmrs

FAnd everyday afraid to come home, E

FIn fear of what I might see there Em

FBruises fade father, but the pain remains the same C

FAnd I still remember how you kept me so afraid C

FStrength is my mother for all the love she gave C

FAnd every morning that I wake I look back at yesterday Am

and I'm okay