Am                                      Em
Once upon a time there was a girl 
Am                                        E
In her early years she had to learn 
F                                                                    Em
How to grow up living in a war that she called home
F                                                                      E 
Never knew just where to turn for shelter from the storm
Am                                                    Em
Hurt me to see the pain across my mother's face
F                                                         E 
Every time my father's fist would put her in her place
F                                                         Em 
Hearing all the yelling, I would cry up in my room 
Am                        E
Hoping it would be over soon 
F                                                          C
Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same 
F                                                    C
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid 
F                                                         C
Strength is my mother for all the love she gave 
F                                                             Am
And every morning that I wake I look back at yesterday 

and I'm okay 
Am                                           Em
I often wonder why I've carried all this guilt 
Am                                        E
When it's you that helped me put up all these walls I've built 
F                                          Em
Shadows stir at night through a crack in the door 
F                                                E
The echo of a broken child screaming "please, no more" 
F                                              Em
Daddy don't you understand the damage you have done? 
F                                               E
For you it's just a memory, but for me it still lives on 
F                                                          C
Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same 
F                                                    C
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid 
F                                                         C
Strength is my mother for all the love she gave 
F                                                             Am
And every morning that I wake I look back at yesterday 

and I'm okay 
F                     Em
It's not so easy to forget 
F                           E
All the marks you left along her neck 
F                                  Em
When I was thrown against cold stairs 
F                                  E
And everyday afraid to come home, 
F                                   Em
In fear of what I might see there 
F                                                          C
Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same 
F                                                    C
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid 
F                                                         C
Strength is my mother for all the love she gave 
F                                                             Am
And every morning that I wake I look back at yesterday 

and I'm okay 

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