#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# "Shantel Adams" Concrete Angel - Martina McBride Album: Greatist Hits Writers: Stephanie Bentley/Rob Crosby **Capo 1** Intro: C G/B Am7 G C G/B Am7 C G/B Am7 G She walks to school with the lunch she packed C G/B Am7 G Nobody knows what she's holdin' back C G/B Am7 G Wearin' the same dress she wore yesterday C G/B Am7 G C G/B Am7 G She hides the bruises with linen and lace, ooh C G/B Am7 G The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask C G/B Am7 G It's hard to see the pain behind the mask C G/B Am7 G Bearing the burden of a secret storm C G/B Am7 G Sometimes she wishes she was never born Chorus: C G Through the wind and the rain Am G She stands hard as a stone C G Am In a world that she can't rise above G C G But her dreams give her wings Am G C And she flies to a place where she's loved D Concrete angel C G/B Am7 G C G/B Am7 C G/B Am7 G Somebody cries in the middle of the night C G/B Am7 G The neighbors hear, but they turn out the lights C G/B Am7 G A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate C G/B Am7 G When morning comes it'll be too late CHORUS Solo: C G/B Am7 G C G/B Am7 C G/B Am7 G A statue stands in a shaded place C G/B Am7 G An angel girl with an upturned face C G/B Am7 G A name is written on a polished rock C G/B Am7 G A broken heart that the world forgot CHORUS Outro: C G/B Am7 G C G/B Am7 Chords: Am = x02210 Am7 = x02010 C = x32010 D = xx0232 G = 320003 G/B = x20003