The Little Girl Chords & Tabs
---------------------------The Little Girl---------------------------------
CAPO I
Verse I
C
Her parents never took the youg girl to church,
Am G
Never spok of His name, never read her His Word.
C
Two non believers walking lost in this world.
Am G
Took there baby with them, oh what a sad little girl.
C
Her daddy drank all day and mommy did drugs
Am G
Never wanted to play or give kisses and hugs
C
She'd watch the TV and sit there on that couch,
Am G
While her mom fell asleep and her daddy went out.
Chorus I
F Fmaj7
And the drinking, and the fighting,
C G
Just got worse every night
F Fmaj7
Behind their couch, she'd be hiding,
C G
Oh what a sad little life
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Verse II
C
And like it always does, the bad just got worse,
Am G
With ever slap, and every curse
C
Until her daddy in a drunk rage one night,
Am G
Used a gun on her mom, and then took his life.
Chorus II
F Fmaj7
Then some people, from the city,
C G
Took the girl far away
F Fmaj7
To a new mom, and a new daddy
C G
Kisses and hugs every day.
Verse III
C
First day of Sunday school, the teacher walked in,
Am G
Saw a small little girl, staring at a picture of him.
C
She said I know that man, there on that cross,
Am G
I don't know his name, but I know he got off.
Chorus III
F Fmaj7
Cause he was there in my old house,
C G
Held me close to his side.
F Fmaj7
As I hid there behind our couch.
C G
The night that my parents died.
