Chord Lullaby by Ron Pope

intro : G D Am C G she left town on A 3 o’clock train , D goin’ god knows where . . . far away , Am and the last words she spoke to me , C is "i’ll be all right . " G she grew up in a sad dark place , D the kind of path you don’t retrace . Am been tryin’ to wake from nightmares , C all her days . G goodnight , goodnight , D goodnight , goodnight , Am C oh goodnight . . . and this is her lullaby . G la sun , it warms her face , D and she don’t seem so far away . Am she sends photographs , C hold me tight . G and i call her on the phone again , D and ask if she’ll come home , and then , Am i won’t hang up , C until she says she might . G and i sing goodnight , goodnight , D goodnight , goodnight , Am C oh goodnight . . . and this is her lullaby . G i sing goodnight , goodnight , D goodnight , goodnight , Am C oh goodnight . . . and this is her lullaby . Am C i don’t know if i believe , G D i’m everything this woman needs , Am C but i swear on my soul , G D i’d rather die than let her go . Am C she’s been searching from the start , G D for pieces of her tattered heart . G C D i know . . . but i’m not sure . . . G these winter nights , she’s in my prayers . D i wake to find she isn’t there . . . Am and every time , C i laugh until i cry . G and i sing goodnight , goodnight , D goodnight , goodnight , Am C oh goodnight . . . and this is her lullaby . G i sing goodnight , goodnight , D goodnight , goodnight , Am C G oh goodnight . . . and this is her . . . this is her lullaby . . . D this is her lullaby D this is her lullaby Am this is her lullaby C G this is her . . . this is her lullaby