G -    320003
Am -   x02210
F -    133211
G/B -  x2x003
Dm -   xx0231
D/F# - 2x023x


[Intro]
Am F C G  x2


[Verse 1]
Am F           C
   Eight years old
         G
And I am all alone
        Am
Is this really how
        F
it's supposed to go
C              G
  On your birthday
          Am     F
Cause the kids I see
           C
on the TV screen
     G               Am
They seem to have it all
         F            G
Is there any hope for me


[Chorus 1]
       C           G/B
Will I ever have a mother
   Am      F
to hold me tight Will I
C           G/B
ever fall asleep to the
           Am   F
sound to a lullaby
         C
Who will dress me up in
F              C
lace Will will make
            F
my birthday cakes
     G
Lord please
              Am F C G
Bring love to me


[Verse 2]
Am F    C        G
   Seventeen and wondering
          Am
Who would want
            F
the responsibility
     C          G
Of a near grown woman
    Am          F
But inside I'm still a
           C     G
little girl Just yearning
    Am      F                G
for love No matter how grown up


[Chorus 2]
       C
Will I ever have a
G/B       Am      F
father to hold my hand
   C
To tell me that I am
G/B
beautiful And I am a
Am            F
part of God's plan
         C
Who will walk me down
    F
the aisle Will will
C
hold my first born
F          G
child Lord please
      G
Bring love to me


[Bridge]
Dm             G
  But to my surprise
  G
I finally found
    C    G/B   Am
the home sweet home
      G
Where love will always
                      D/F#
grow Love will always grow
          F      G
Love will always grow


[Chorus 3]
C            G/B
Now I have a mother
    Am       F
who holds me tight
    C
And even though I am
G/B             Am
grown she still sings
        F
me lullaby Buys me
C               F
dresses made of lace
          C
And bakes all
            F
my birthday cakes


[Chorus 4]
Now I have a
G/B       Am      F
father to hold my hand
   C
To tell me that I am
G/B
beautiful And I am a
Am            F
part of God's plan
        C
He will walk me down
    F
the aisle He will
C
hold my first born
F             C
child I can't thank the
      F     G
Lord enough Ooo for
              C    G/B Am G D/F# F G C
bringing love to me Ooo