intro F#m G F#m G

               F#m
Amber slipped away last night
                   G
Gin-soaked in the hospital
          F#m 
And with everything we went through with that last year
           G
That is a serious kick in the balls
            F#m
None of us need this
                  G
Least of all young Caroline
F#m                                               G
Child, I'd be lying if I told you I thought that everything would be fine


[Chorus]
Bm          A                 G
Caroline I know things are desperate
G              F#m             Bm
Things will get better in the end
               D                           G                             D
Because every step you take forward is another step you'll never have to take again

[Verse 2]
                      F#m
You know her parents built her up
                       G
But then they let her fall aside
                F#m
Now she has her scars on her legs that she won't explain
               G
From when she disappeared that night
                        F#m
Said she's not a little girl any more
                          G
Her hands, they don't need holding much
         F#m                                                 G
But the child that I've known since the day she was born is always going to need some human touch

[Chorus]
Bm          A                 G
Caroline I know things are desperate
G              F#m             Bm
Things will get better in the end
               D                           G                             D
Because every step you take forward is another step you'll never have to take again
               Bm                           G                             D
Because every step you take forward is another step you'll never have to take again

[Bridge]
             A       G
It tears me apart
                  A     G 
To remember your love
             A       G
It tears me apart
                  A     G 
To remember your love


[Chorus]
Bm          A                 G
Caroline I know things are desperate
G              F#m             Bm
Things will get better in the end
               D                           G                             D
Because every step you take forward is another step you'll never have to take again
Bm          A                 G
Caroline I know things are desperate
G              F#m             Bm
Things will get better in the end
               D                           G                             D
Because every step you take forward is another step you'll never have to take again
               Bm                           G                             D
every step you take forward is another step you'll never have to take again
               Bm                           G                             D
every step you take forward is another step you'll never have to take again
               Bm                           G                             D
every step you take forward is another step you'll never have to take again
               Bm                           G                             D
every step you take forward is another step you'll never have to take again