Parents Chords

[Chords Used]
A    = 0  0  2  2  2  0
A7   = 0  0  2  0  2  0
B    = 2  2  4  4  4  x
C    = 0  3  2  0  1  0
Em   = 0  2  2  0  0  0
EmM7 = 0  2  1  0  0  0
 
[Intro]
Em C A C (x2)
Em EmM7 Em7 A7 (x2)
 
[Verse]
Em                    EmM7                   Em7                             A7
When I was a little boy, they would say to me, don't go in the world and play its bad company
Em                             EmM7                           Em7                                  A7
All they had was child and faith, let him grow and let him wait just to find out what it was to be free
Em                    EmM7                        Em7                              A7
Now I'm over twenty one, growing up I've had my fun and I know the way it's got to be
Em                 EmM7                       Em7                           A7
Baby lying in a womb are you free or in a tomb? Let me in, I feel I want to cry.
 
[Chorus]
C                B     C                B             Em EmM7 Em7 A7 (x2)
Oh that road is there. Oh that road is there, come on back, come on back.
 
[Verse]
Em                           EmM7                              Em7                                  A7
Wash your hands and up to bed, mind your manners or you're dead, mind the cars cos you've got school on Monday
Em                 EmM7                       Em7                             A7
Put my trust in God, who is he I know not what? Something mummy said to me one Sunday.
Em                               EmM7                        Em7                          A7
Maybe love is life but life is not something I need plenty of. Oh! I wish I'd never lived a day.
Em                           EmM7                         Em7                            A7
Now there's no one near me now, tell me what to do and how, take me let me sing my cares away
 
[Chorus]
C                B     C                B             Em EmM7 Em7 A7 (x2)
Oh that road is there. Oh that road is there, come on back, back.
 
[Verse]
Em               EmM7                        Em7                             A7
Oh! I'm empty now; rainy pain has left me now. Think of what my people used to say.
Em                              EmM7                                 Em7                               A7
Black is black and white is white, which to choose and which is right, guide me to a place where I will stay.
Em                        EmM7                             Em7                                  A7
Wrap me up and keep me warm, hide myself far from the storm, sleep and love will keep my mind at rest.
Em               EmM7                       Em7                              A7
Only now I realise why my parents had to try. Love you all and keep you all my life.
 
[Chorus]
C                B     C               B             Em EmM7 Em7 A7 (x2)
Oh that road is there. Oh the road is there, come on back, back
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